dinner party / erica smith
essay title Beyond the plate: Conceptualising climate change induced food insecurity in the UK through the lens mobility justice target audience Middle-class people in the UK which happens to be the demographic of my friendship circle in Manchester commentary This event was designed in line with one of the key principles of mobility justice – epistemic justice. I wanted people to think beyond food insecurity as a removed issue, faced only by far away countries and as only really a problem for future generations. I think it is really important for this demographic to gain an understanding of food insecurity as a social and moral issue – the people who have done the least to contribute to climate change are the most susceptible to feeling its effects and suffering as a consequence. I also wanted to try and make the situation somewhat light-hearted – crisis narratives can be helpful at conveying urgency, but sometimes they actually paralyse people into inaction. My hope was thus to play some part in conceptualising a new type of knowledge/discourse/perception of climate change induced food insecurity, where people are not scared to talk about the future, and, as a result, may be able to proceed with a more open-mind, and the sense that their actions and choices carry meaning and power.
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