Foods of the future - Gastropolitics and climate change in the Anthropocene

Sammanfattning: Human existence depends on a functioning food system; today’s food chain is cracking and alternative foods are being presented to the public. This thesis discusses how future food can be part of a greater discourse of climate change in the Anthropocene. Using three case studies of future food: ‘The Next Menu’, Huel and Project Nourished I investigate how future food is presented and what hidden meanings hides behind the imagery and appearance of these three examples. In addition to this I use Filippo Tommaso Marinetti’s book The Futurist Cookbook as a historical example to discuss the meaning of technology and efficiency in the futuristic narrative. The theoretical framework for this thesis consist of different definitions and critiques of the Anthropocene, Peter Weibel’s concept of exo-evolution, as well as the concepts of transhumanism, posthumanism, Mark Fisher’s capital realism and gastropolitics to discuss the relationship between human, nature and technology. The analysis falls into a discussion where I conclude that there is a relationship between human and nature and body image in the empirical material. Showing how the capitalist system have a hold on humanity. And further questioning what we are really fighting for: capitalism or climate change?