Robert M. Chiles

TL;DR: The authors used the sociology of expectations to explain the discursive topography surrounding in vitro meat, a nascent agrofood technology whereby processed meat products are developed from stem cells as opposed to live animals.

TL;DR: This article investigated the potential political consequences of stakeholders' ideological commitments vis-a-vis supporters and outside audiences by interviewing agrifood system stakeholders on the subject of in vitro meat, a nascent technology whereby meat is produced through stem cell cultures.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors perform a comprehensive investigation of these claims by reviewing the available evidence on the political-economic and biophysical features of meat over the long arc of Western history and find that except under conditions of environmental scarcity, the meaning and value of meat cannot be attributed to intrinsic biophysical value or to the politicaleconomic actors who materially benefit from it.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine the developments that have motivated this special issue on Qualitative Research Ethics in the Big Data Era and offer a broad overview of many pressing challenges and issues.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the potential sociotechnical pathways in this high-stakes crossroads by analyzing cellular agriculture, an exemplary 4th Industrial Revolution technology that synergizes computer science, biopharma, tissue engineering, and food science to grow cultured meat, dairy, and egg products from cultured cells and/or genetically modified yeast.