英國國家學術院士Professor Shove應新聞系教授兼系主任王淑美邀請，將於10月22至31日訪問政大新聞系，與傳院師生交流。
Professor Shove長年耕耘於科技與社會領域，2025年8月甫自任教30年的英國蘭開斯特大學(Lancaster University)特聘教授職位榮休。其研究關注消費、物質文化及日常生活，為實踐理論的核心學者，主張日常實踐是社會構成的基礎，與理論探問及重要議題緊密相聯。因學術成就卓著，於2019年獲選為英國國家學術院院士（Fellows of British Academy）。由於他在能源、移動性、基礎建設、永續議題的貢獻，影響力排名在全球前十大的丹麥Aalborg University於2022年頒予榮譽博士學位。
Shove教授預計於10月29日中午12:00-14:00電算中心B1演講廳進行公開演講，歡迎報名參與。講題與摘要如下：
Condensing practices: material culture, systems of provision and the freezer.
The domestic freezer has become a normal part of domestic life, but this has not always been so. In this talk I describe the normalisation of the freezer and the varied systems of food provisioning associated with it. Analytically, I move between the traditions of material culture studies, the literature on systems of provision, and social theories of practice. As I explain, the freezer stands at the intersection of domestic arrangements (cooking, shopping, eating) and commercial networks of food supply, from supermarkets through to the manufacturing and distribution of frozen goods. What is known as the cold chain is, in turn, responsible for a significant increase in energy consumption, in the home and beyond. As I hope to show, bringing a ‘sociological imagination’ to bear on this domestic appliance raises a host of fundamental questions about everyday consumption, sustainability, and global trends in the production and consumption of food.
References:
Shove, E., & Southerton, D. (2000). Defrosting the Freezer: From Novelty to Convenience: A Narrative of Normalization. Journal of Material Culture, 5(3), 301-319. https://doi.org/10.1177/135918350000500303
Hand, M., & Shove, E. (2007). Condensing Practices: Ways of living with a freezer. Journal of Consumer Culture, 7(1), 79-04. https://doi.org/10.1177/1469540507073509 (Original work published 2007)
Rinkinen, J., Shove, E., & Smits, M. (2017). Cold chains in Hanoi and Bangkok: Changing systems of provision and practice. Journal of Consumer Culture, 19(3), 379-397. https://doi.org/10.1177/1469540517717783 (Original work published 2019)
報名網址：https://moltke.nccu.edu.tw/Registration/registration.do?action=conferenceInfo&conferenceID=X25405
Professor Shove詳細介紹：https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/fellows/profiles/elizabeth-shove-FBA/
