This paper draws together recent literatures on the geography of experiments and potential experimental modes conducting science politics. It examines their implications for environmentalism in Anthropocene. We differentiate between two different conceptions an experiment, contrasting singular, modern scientific understanding experiment with appeals deliberative public experiments. Developing concept wild we identify three axes critical enquiry. These relate to status nonhuman world as found...

Cultured/clean/cell-based meat (CM) now has a near two decade history of laboratory research, commencing with the early NASA-funded work at Touro College and bioarts practice Tissue Culture Art project. Across this period field, or as it is more commonly termed, 'space', developed significantly while promoting different visions for what CM can do, best mechanisms delivery. Here we both analyse critically engage near-twenty year productive provocation to those engaged CM, considering becoming...

The development of cultured meat has gained urgency through the increasing problems associated with meat, but what it might become is still open in many respects. In existing debates, two main moral profiles can be distinguished. Vegetarians and vegans who embrace emphasize how could contribute to diminishment animal suffering exploitation, while a more mainstream profile helps keep eating sustainable affordable. this paper we argue that these do not exhaust options (gut) feelings as well...

Robots are widely expected-and pushed-to transform open-field agriculture, but these visions remain wedded to optimizing monocultural farming systems. Meanwhile there is little pull for automation from ecology-based, diversified realms. Noting this gap, we here explore the potential robots foster an agroecological approach crop production. The research was situated in Netherlands within case of

Rewilding has become a hot topic in nature conservation. Ambitious schemes are afoot to rewild continental Europe and North America. Hopes being invested the political, economic, therapeutic potentials of future wilds. Popular scientific enthusiasms for wild frequently ahistorical apolitical, however. This article begins address this problem. It offers one genealogy rewilding, focusing on history Heck cattle their deployment European rewilding projects. These animals were back-bred by two...

Technology development is often considered to obfuscate democratic decision-making and met with ethical suspicion. However, new technologies also can open up issues for societal debate generate fresh moral engagements. This paper discusses two technological projects: schemes pig farming in high-rise agro-production parks that came be known as ‘pig towers’, efforts develop techniques producing meat without animals by using stem cells, labelled ‘in vitro meat’. Even before fully entering our...

Although the majority of people still behave like happy meat eaters, there are good reasons to think that many in fact ambivalent about meat. Following up on earlier findings, this paper we describe how, focus groups, cultured triggered much discussion meat, especially among older people. While young wondered whether they would eat products, thought diet changes a historical perspective and if how might become societal success. Beneath surface everyday behaviour, which followed mainstream...

A plethora of ethical issues in livestock agriculture has emerged to public attention recent decades, which environmental and animal welfare concerns are but two, albeit prominent, themes. For be considered sustainable, somehow these interconnected themes need addressed. Ethical debate on been extensive, mostly started from focused single issues. The views farmers debates have largely absent, or merely figured as interests, instead being morally worthwhile themselves. In this paper the...

Current wildlife management practices rely largely on quantitative data to legitimise decisions, manage human–wildlife conflicts and control populations. This paper draws attention the affective relationships between humans animals inevitably formed in practice of producing these data. Based fieldwork that explores wild boar Veluwe, Netherlands, we demonstrate significance encounters. Specifically, develop an understanding mindedness processes learning practices. To understand this how it...

Discussions of gorilla habituation often emphasise human control gorillas, whereby gorillas are usually singularly defined by their species membership. This perspective leaves little room for imagining the role in habituation, conservation and tourism development processes. In this paper, we use insights from Actor Network Theory more-than-human geography to explore reconstruct practice order understand as actors at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (hereafter Bwindi), Uganda. To do so,...

The Veluwe is considered as one of the most important nature areas in Netherlands. Its public appeal part derives from presence large ungulates, such red deer and wild boar. These populations boar are caught up management practices spaces control that have emerged history an elite hunting reserve, including material imaginations culture. Historically, these boars were to be animals, but now they killed under name wildlife management. Yet, histories this space persist through certain...