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07-11-2018 | Original Paper

Visions of In Vitro Meat among Experts and Stakeholders

Authors: Inge Böhm, Arianna Ferrari, Silvia Woll

Published in: NanoEthics | Issue 3/2018

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Abstract

In vitro meat (IVM) is presented by innovators as the most realistic and sustainable solution to the problems of current meat production and consumption. The innovators argue that in vitro meat could be more environmentally friendly, animal friendly, healthier, and safer than conventional meat. The paper elaborates different reactions of experts and stakeholders from science, civil society, economy, and politics to the innovators’ reasoning. The semi-structured interviews were conducted for the project “Visions of in vitro meat. Analysis of technical and societal aspects and visions of in vitro meat” (VIF) funded by the German Ministry of Education and Research. In this paper we will show how our interview partners positioned themselves in relation to the innovators’ vision on IVM and which other visions they brought into the discussion about IVM and the future of meat. The project was based on a concept of visions as socio-epistemic practices that are increasingly recognised as important elements in innovation and transformation processes. The analysis of these visions conducted in interviews with experts and stakeholders provided new knowledge for the conceptualisation and appraisal of in vitro meat beyond the innovators’ rhetoric.

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Footnotes
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The representative of an animal rights organisation also thinks that farmers are pushed economically and would act differently if they had the possibility to do so (B65).
 
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‘There’s just basically so many cuts of meat you can use which we don’t consider to be edible. So if we can change people’s perceptions of that, it would be a good thing, too’ (I189f.).
 
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Metadata
Title
Visions of In Vitro Meat among Experts and Stakeholders
Authors
Inge Böhm
Arianna Ferrari
Silvia Woll
Publication date
07-11-2018
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Published in
NanoEthics / Issue 3/2018
Print ISSN: 1871-4757
Electronic ISSN: 1871-4765
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11569-018-0330-0

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