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1. Introducing meat studies

   19 Mar 2025 | Essay | Contributor(s):

   By Ryan J. Phillips, Elisabeth Abergel

   A growing, though still loosely connected, body of academic work has started placing meat at the centre of critical discourses regarding climate change and environmental sustainability, human...

   https://hsscommons.arcsoft.uvic.ca/en/publications/7731/?v=1

2. Producing protein: Fractionation of animal bodies, mass consumption of cheap protein, and the value of protein sourced from industrial hog operations

   19 Mar 2025 | Essay | Contributor(s):

   By Katie MacDonald

   This article claims that the pursuit of protein specifically, not meat in general, is woven into the very fabric of industrial hog farming and the devalued animals at its centre. Further, this...

   https://hsscommons.arcsoft.uvic.ca/en/publications/7733/?v=1