Digital Food: From Paddock to Platform (Contemporary Food Studies: Economy, Culture and Politics)

Tania Lewis offers the first critical account of the impact of digital information, media and communication technologies on the realm of food. Encompassing everything from provisioning and consumption, farming and food marketing, activism and food politics, Lewis critically analyzes how our relationship to food consumption, production, and politics is being re-mediated through digitally connected electronic devices, practices and content. By drawing together the world of food and the digital, the book speaks to a number of pressing contemporary themes including the tensions around digital engagement in increasingly commercialized spaces; the changing nature of politics in a social media context; the growing naturalization of digital devices and related practices of data monitoring; the role and impact of digitization on social relations. From home cookery to restaurant-going, from farming to food politics, the world of food is being quietly colonised by an array of electronic devices, online content and information, and communication technologies. Meanwhile, the realm of the digital has been invaded by all things food-related, from endless food snapshots on Facebook and Instagram to the rise of Youtube cooking and food channels, the fastest-growing genre on the video-sharing service. Yet there has been surprisingly little written on the growing entanglements between the digital and the world of food. At the forefront of critical new research, and written with the student readership in mind, this is a fantastic text for scholars interested in media studies, cultural studies, food studies and cultural geography. "Tania Lewis offers the first critical account of the impact of digital information, media, and communication technologies on the topic of food. Lewis critically analyzes how our relationship to food consumption, production, and politics is being re-mediated through digitally connected electronic devices, practices and content. By drawing together the world of food and the digital, the book speaks to a number of pressing contemporary themes including the tensions around digital engagement in increasingly commercialized spaces; the changing nature of politics in a social media context; the growing naturalization of digital devices and related practices of data monitoring; and the role and impact of digitization on social relations. At the forefront of critical new research, and written with a student readership in mind, this text is essential for scholars interested in media studies, cultural studies, food studies, and cultural geography."-- Provided by publisher "C.L. Crouch and Christopher Hays introduce the Book of Isaiah by examining its structure and characteristics; covering the latest Biblical scholarship, including its composition history and key historical and interpretive issues; and considering a range of scholarly approaches. In particular, Crouch and Hays look at the presence of an Isaianic community around the text, and examines the strong themes of righteousness and holiness to show how these may be taken together to display a unified theology of Isaiah in its final form, as well as being key concerns for the various authors of parts of the book throughout its composition. They also consider the reception history of Isaiah and what the text has meant to people across history. With suggestions of further reading at the end of each chapter, this guide will be an essential accompaniment to study of the Book of Isaiah"-- Ch. 1: Introduction: A Cook's Tour Part 1: Digital Foodscapes Ch. 2: Food Fotos: From Conspicuous Prosumers to Digital Sociality Ch. 3: Ordinary Expertise and Sharing Economies Ch. 4: And On That Farm He Had A ... Laptop: Alternative Food Networks and Web 2.0 Part II: Food Politics in a Digital Era Ch. 5: It's Activism, Jim, but not as we know it: From Food Apptivism to Online Protest Ch. 6: FoodInc#: Corporate Food Politics Online Part III: Complicating Connectivity Ch. 7: Cooking in the Cloud Ch. 8: Meal Monitors: From Data to Drones Ch. 9: Conclusion: Governing and Decoding Digital Foodscapes Bibliography -- Index Cover Contents List of Figures Acknowledgments Why Digital Food? 1 From Culinary Aesthetics to Phatic Food: Food Photography on Instagram and Facebook 2 Eating and Cooking Online: Cultural Economies of Video Sharing from YouTube to Youku 3 From Naked Chefs to Epic Bros: The Rise of Food Masculinities Online 4 Cooking in the Cloud: Domestic and Digital Ecologies of Meal Sharing 5 The Shopping Complex: Food, Ethical Consumption and Apptivism 6 Doing Food Politics in a Digital Era Digital Food Futures: From Smart Kitchens to Culinary Commons Bibliography Index