Soy in the Anthropocene

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Soy in the Anthropocene

Veranstalter
Commission for Interdisciplinary Ecological Studies (KIOES) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
Veranstaltungsort
Universität Wien, Kleiner Festsaal
Gefördert durch
Austrian Academy of Sciences
PLZ
1010 Wien
Ort
Universitätsring 1
Land
Austria
Vom - Bis
03.11.2021 - 03.11.2021
Website
https://www.oeaw.ac.at/kioes/kioes/detail/soy-in-the-anthropocene
Von
Ernst Langthaler, Institut für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz

At this international and interdisciplinary conference, leading scholars discuss soy's rise as a global commodity and its impacts on society and nature since the onset of globalization in the late-nineteenth century.

Soy in the Anthropocene

We live in a world of soy. Nearly all of us consume the bean in some form, again and again – either directly, as tofu in a veggie burger, or indirectly, as a piece of pork on the grill. Since the main sites of consumption and production are widely spread, soy's trade routes span the globe. Indeed, the soybean and its by-products, soyoil and soymeal, have emerged as the world's leading agricultural commodity from the late nineteenth to the early twenty-first century. The global soy web affects large tracts of our planet's ‘socio-nature’ in often devastating ways. Therefore, soy has become a decisive factor of the anthropocene, the age of human-made nature.

The conference discusses how soy emerged from a regional food crop to a global cash crop in the 150-years era of globalization. An interdisciplinary and international group of scholars addresses the topic from a holistic perspective, including socio-economic (commodity chains, labor relations, business strategies etc.), socio-political (state policies, international relations, civic movements, etc.), and socio-natural dimensions (plant breeding, farm technology, deforestation, etc.). Against the backdrop of developments in the past, soy's ambivalent role in transitions to a more sustainable future will be discussed.

Programm

9:00–9:30 OPENING

Verena Winiwarter - Chair, Commission for Interdisciplinary Ecological Studies (KIOES), Austria: Welcome Address

Ernst Langthaler - KIOES and Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria: Soy in the Anthropocence – a Roadmap

9:30–11:30 PANEL 1: SOY'S GLOBAL EMERGENCE
Chair: Verena Winiwarter

Volker Hahn - University of Hohenheim, Gemany: From a Wild Plant to Global Importance: Soybeans from a Plant-Breeding Perspective

Ines Prodöhl - University of Bergen, Norway: Commodifying Asian Soy in Europe: Technological Change, Imperialism, and Transnational Networks in the Early Twentieth Century (online lecture)

Maximilian Martsch - Institute of Rural History, Austria: The Miraculous Stranger. Early Research, Utilization, and Marketization of Soy in Austria, 1870s–1920s

11:30–13:00 SCIENCE AND ARTS – EAT - SOY - ART
Sonja Stummerer & Martin Hablesreiter - Honey & Bunny

13:00–15:00 PANEL 2: SOY'S EXPANDING WEB
Chair: Christian Sturmbauer

Matthew Roth - Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy, USA: Meat, Meal, and the USA’s Place in the Global Soy Web

Richa Kumar - Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India: From Self-Reliance to Deepening Distress: The Ambivalence of the Yellow Revolution in India (online lecture)

Ernst Langthaler - KIOES and Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria: Great Accelerations: Soy and its Global Trade Network since the 1950s

15:00–15:30 BREAK

15:30–17:30 PANEL 3: TOWARDS THE ‘SOYACENE
Chair: Ernst Langthaler

Claiton Marcio da Silva - Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul, Brazil: The Brazilian Tropical Bonanza of Soybean Farming During the Great Acceleration (online lecture)

Matilda Baraibar Norberg -Stockholm University, Sweden: Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay in the Global Soy Web: Transnational Forces, National Regulatory Frameworks, and Historical Legacies of the Contemporary ‘Soy Boom’

Brian Lander - Brown University, USA: A History of Soy in China: From Weedy Bean to Global Commodity (online lecture)

17:30–18:00 BREAK

18:00–19:30 CONCLUSIONS: SOY'S (UN-)SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
Moderation: Ilse Huber - ORF

Franziskus Forster - UniNEtZ, Austria: Sustainable Soy – an Option for Austria?

ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
Ursula Bittner - Greenpeace, Austria
Matthias Krön - Donau Soja, Austria
Magdalena Puchberger - The Austrian Museum of Folk Life and Folk Art, Austria
Monika Stangl - Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Regions and Tourism, Austria
Johann Vollmann - University of Natrual Resources and Life Sciences, Austria

Kontakt

ernst.langthaler@jku.at

https://www.oeaw.ac.at/kioes/kioes/detail/soy-in-the-anthropocene