Researching masculinities and food protein practices: A trio of more-than-human participatory workshops
Researching masculinities and food protein practices: A trio of more-than-human participatory workshops
Whilst there is research around men and masculinities as they relate to practices of caring in the ecological crisis, less is written about methodologies that can address intersectional challenges, and ways of engagement that can support behaviour change. A process-based workshop methodology is discussed for researching the male-gendered and material performances of environmental caring related to personal food protein consumption practices. It works creatively to address relational inequalities in status both between different masculine positionalities and different food proteins. It contributes to more-than-human participatory methodologies by exploring male-gender - food protein relations, via positioning and inviting practical-engagement with foodstuff as a process for destabilising social and cultural hierarchies attached to thinking about, as well as preparing, cooking and eating, different food proteins. We argue that novel research findings can emerge around individual, collective and community responses to the ecological crisis through the careful methodological attention to masculine inequalities.
Food, inequality, masculinities, meat reduction, more-than-human, participatory research, protein, workshops
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Hurley, Paul
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Roe, Emma
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October 2022
Hurley, Paul
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Roe, Emma
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Hurley, Paul and Roe, Emma
(2022)
Researching masculinities and food protein practices: A trio of more-than-human participatory workshops.
Qualitative Research, 22 (5), .
(doi:10.1177/14687941221098924).
Abstract
Whilst there is research around men and masculinities as they relate to practices of caring in the ecological crisis, less is written about methodologies that can address intersectional challenges, and ways of engagement that can support behaviour change. A process-based workshop methodology is discussed for researching the male-gendered and material performances of environmental caring related to personal food protein consumption practices. It works creatively to address relational inequalities in status both between different masculine positionalities and different food proteins. It contributes to more-than-human participatory methodologies by exploring male-gender - food protein relations, via positioning and inviting practical-engagement with foodstuff as a process for destabilising social and cultural hierarchies attached to thinking about, as well as preparing, cooking and eating, different food proteins. We argue that novel research findings can emerge around individual, collective and community responses to the ecological crisis through the careful methodological attention to masculine inequalities.
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Accepted/In Press date: 7 April 2022
e-pub ahead of print date: 14 June 2022
Published date: October 2022
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The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was funded through the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council AH/P009611/1.
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Food, inequality, masculinities, meat reduction, more-than-human, participatory research, protein, workshops
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