Richard Twine (born 1974) is a British sociologist whose research addresses environmental sociology as well as gender, human/animal and science studies.[1] He is noted for his "foundational" work in critical animal studies.[2] He is a Reader in the Department of History, Geography & Social Sciences at Edge Hill University and chair of the Research Advisory Committee of The Vegan Society.[1]
Career
Twine studied for a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Psychology at the University of Stirling, graduating in 1995, and then went on to study for a Master of Arts in Sociology at the University of Essex, which he completed in 1996. He was awarded his PhD in Sociology from Manchester Metropolitan University in 2002.[3] His thesis, supervised by Gail Hawkes and Sue Scott and examined by Anne Witz, was entitled Ecofeminism and the 'New' Sociologies - A Collaboration Against Dualism.[4]
After completing his studies, Twine spent a decade at Lancaster University, where he was based within the ESRC Centre for Economic and Social Aspects of Genomics.[1] While at Lancaster, he published Animals as Biotechnology: Ethics, Sustainability and Critical Animal Studies as part of the Earthscan Science in Society Series.[5] This was "the first book fully dedicated to" critical animal studies.[2] It offered, in the words of one reviewer, "an impressive analysis of the biotech and meat industries from an unapologetically pro-animal perspective".[6]
After finishing at Lancaster, Twine worked briefly at the University of Glasgow[7] and the UCL Institute of Education.[1] He published the collection The Rise of Critical Animal Studies: From the Margins to the Centre, co-edited with Nik Taylor, with Routledge in 2014.[8] The same year, he joined Edge Hill University.[9] He also published a paper in Societies[10] in which he drew upon Sara Ahmed's notion of a feminist killjoy, coining the idea of a "vegan killjoy".[11] Twine argues that, in a culture in which meat-eating is the norm, a vegan can, by their mere presence, challenge anthropocentric attitudes and practices, affecting the enjoyment that others have in eating animal products.[10] This, Twine claims, can serve as "critical deconstructive work".[10] The idea of the vegan killjoy has been widely deployed in vegan studies and related fields.[11]
As of 2023[update], Twine is a Reader in Sociology in the Department of History, Geography & Social Sciences at Edge Hill.[3] His book The Climate Crisis and Other Animals is forthcoming with Sydney University Press.[12]
Selected publications
- Twine, Richard (2010). Animals as Biotechnology: Ethics, Sustainability and Critical Animal Studies. London: Earthscan.
- Twine, Richard (2010). "Intersectional disgust? Animals and (eco)feminism". Feminism & Psychology 20 (3): 397–406. doi:10.1177/0959353510368284.
- Twine, Richard (2012). "Revealing the 'Animal-Industrial Complex' – A Concept & Method for Critical Animal Studies?" Journal for Critical Animal Studies 10 (1): 12-39.
- Twine, Richard (2014). "Vegan Killjoys at the Table—Contesting Happiness and Negotiating Relationships with Food Practices". Societies 4 (4): 623-39. doi:10.3390/soc4040623.
- Taylor, Nik, and Richard Twine, eds. (2014). The Rise of Critical Animal Studies: From the Margins to the Centre. London: Routledge.
- Twine, Richard (2017). "Materially Constituting a Sustainable Food Transition: The Case of Vegan Eating Practice". Sociology 52 (1): 166-81. doi:10.1177/0038038517726647.
- Twine, Richard (2024). The Climate Crisis and Other Animals. Sydney: Sydney University Press.
References
- ^ a b c d "Dr Richard Twine (Chair of RAC)". The Vegan Society. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
- ^ a b Nocella, Anthony J.; Sorenson, John; Socha, Kim; Matsuoka, Atsuko (2014). "The Emergence of Critical Animal Studies: The Rise of Intersectional Animal Liberation". Counterpoints. 448: xix–xxxvi. JSTOR 42982374.
- ^ a b "Dr Richard Twine". Edge Hill University. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
- ^ "Publications". Richardtwine.com. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
- ^ Reviews:
- Washington, Chris (2012). "Richard Twine (2010) Animals as Biotechnology: Ethics, Sustainability and Critical Animal Studies, Earthscan: London" (PDF). Journal for Critical Animal Studies. 10 (1): 230–5.
- Oppenheim, Jay (Koby) (2012). "Animals as Biotechnology: Ethics, Sustainability and Critical Animal Studies: By Richard Twine". Food, Culture & Society. 15 (1): 154–7. doi:10.2752/175174412X13190510222264. S2CID 147558288.
- Aldrich, Stephen C. (2012). "Meeting the meat crisis". Conservation Biology. 26 (4): 752–4. doi:10.1111/j.1523-1739.2012.01889.x.
- Lynch, Joseph J. (2012). "Animals as Biotechnology: Ethics, Sustainability and Critical Animal Studies". Journal of Animal Ethics. 2 (2): 232–4. doi:10.5406/janimalethics.2.2.0232.
- Urbanik, Julie (2012). "The Case for Animating Bioethics". Society & Animals. 20 (1): 113–4. doi:10.1163/156853011X590088.
- ^ Lynch, Joseph J. (2012). "Animals as Biotechnology: Ethics, Sustainability and Critical Animal Studies". Journal of Animal Ethics. 2 (2): 232–4. doi:10.5406/janimalethics.2.2.0232.
- ^ Taylor, Nik; Twine, Richard, eds. (2014). "Contributors". The Rise of Critical Animal Studies: From the Margins to the Centre. Routledge. pp. xvi–xix.
- ^ Reviews:
- Wüstholz, Florian Leonhard (2014). "Nik Taylor und Richard Twine (Hrsg.):The Rise of Critical Animal Studies: From the Margins to the Centre" (PDF). TIERethik (in German). 9: 99–102.
- Bierne, P. (2014). "The rise of critical animal studies: from the margin to the centre". Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries. 52 (2): 304.
- ^ "Richard Twine". ORCID. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
- ^ a b c Twine, Richard (2014). "Vegan Killjoys at the Table—Contesting Happiness and Negotiating Relationships with Food Practices". Societies. 4 (4): 263–39. doi:10.3390/soc4040623.
- ^ a b See, for example:
- Grant, Juawana; MacKenzie-Dale, Brittni (2016). "Lisa Simpson and Darlene Conner: Television's Favorite Killjoys". In Castricano, Jodey; Simonsen, Rasmus R. (eds.). Critical Perspectives on Veganism. The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 307–329. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-33419-6_14. ISBN 978-3-319-33418-9.
- Murray, Jessica (2022). "The "Cruel Absurdity" of Human Violence and Its Consequences. A Vegan Studies Analysis of a Pandemic Novel". Relations. Beyond Anthropocentrism. 10 (2): 23–38.
- Gillespie, Kathryn (2018). "The loneliness and madness of witnessing: Reflections from a vegan feminist killjoy". In Gruen, Lori; Probyn-Rapsey, Fiona (eds.). Animaladies: Gender, Animals, and Madness (PDF). Bloomsbury. pp. 77–85.
- ^ "The Climate Crisis and Other Animals". Syndey University Press. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
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