Landscapes of Hybrid Activism : ‘New Welfarism’ Revisited in the Case of the Danish ‘Turbo Chicken’ Campaign

Summary, in English

This chapter explores the Danish case of a years-long campaign to phase out the “production” of the fast-growing industrial chicken breed, Ross 308. Core differences between welfarism, new welfarism, and abolitionist positions of rights and liberation are outlined - and it is investigated how activists navigate the tensions between these approaches in practice. The case makes visible a tangled terrain of hybrid activism, which is more nuanced and complex than scholarly debates on the classic “welfare-abolitionist divide” tend to reflect. Finally, the chapter suggests how academic research could contribute to a more multifaceted dialogue within activist milieus about effectiveness and social change.

• Author: Naja Yndal-Olsen
• Editor: María R. Carreras; Marie Leth-Espensen; Lena Lindström; Tobias Linné; Gina Song Lopez; Naja Yndal-Olsen
• Department/s: Sociology
• Publishing year: 2024-08
• Language: English
• Pages: 85-101
• Publication/Series: The Lund Critical Animal Studies Collection
• Volume: 1
• Issue: 1
• Full text: - 6 MB; Download statistics
• Document type: Book chapter
• Publisher: Lund University (Media-Tryck)
• Topic: Other Social Sciences
• Keywords: Activism; Activist strategies; Animal advocacy; Food system change; Consumption; Animal Rights; Animal Liberation; Social movements; Critical Animal Studies; Veganism; Chicken production
• Status: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISBN: 978-91-89874-46-6; ISBN: 978-91-89874-47-3