Zero Hunger & the Power of Imaginaries: A Techno-Anthropological Perspective on Food (In)Security in the Anthropocene
Translated title
Dreams of Zero Hunger & the Power of Imaginaries: A Techno-Anthropological Perspective on Food (In)Security in the Anthropocene
Authors
Neven, Freja Alexandra Schjødt Garboe ; Wasli, Bjarke Jon ; Skov, Signe Bjerrekær
Term
4. term
Education
Publication year
2023
Pages
92
Abstract
This thesis explores how the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has envisioned and organized the fight against hunger over time, and how such sociotechnical imaginaries take shape and travel in an Anthropocene context. Drawing on 71 annual State of Food and Agriculture reports, we trace temporal developments in FAO’s overarching imaginary of eradicating hunger from 1947 to 2021. The study combines close and distant reading with DistilBERT-based natural language processing within a slalom, quali-quantitative approach. We interpret findings through feminist STS concepts, including sociotechnical imaginaries, civic epistemologies, the (patchy) Anthropocene, and situated knowledges. The analysis indicates that FAO’s core imaginary—ending world hunger—has remained stable since 1947, while the strategies to achieve it have changed over time. The thesis also considers how these imaginaries relate to institutional ways of knowing and decision-making, and to the uneven, place-based nature of food (in)security.
Denne afhandling undersøger, hvordan Forest and Agriculture Organization (FAO) gennem tiden har forestillet sig og organiseret kampen mod sult, og hvordan sådanne sociotekniske imaginarier materialiseres og spredes i en verden præget af det Antropocæne. Med udgangspunkt i 71 årlige State of Food and Agriculture-rapporter analyserer vi udviklingen i FAO’s overordnede forestilling om at udrydde sult fra 1947 til 2021. Undersøgelsen kombinerer nær- og fjernlæsning med DistilBERT-baseret sprogteknologi inden for en slalometodisk, quali-kvantitativ tilgang. Analysen fortolkes gennem feministisk STS-teori, herunder sociotekniske imaginarier, civile epistemologier, Antropocæn/patchy Antropocæn og situerede videnformer. Resultatet peger på, at FAO’s grundlæggende imaginære om at udrydde sult har været stabilt siden 1947, mens måderne at forfølge dette mål på har ændret sig over tid. Afhandlingen belyser desuden, hvordan disse forestillinger relaterer sig til institutionelle former for viden og beslutningstagning samt til den stedbundne, ujævne karakter af fødevaresikkerhed.
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