Martin Döring is Research Fellow at the Research Centre for Biotechnology, Society and the Environment, University of Hamburg. Brigitte Nerlich is Professor of Science, Language and Society at the Institute for Science and Society, University of Nottingham.
List of figures | p. ix |
List of tables | p. xi |
List of contributors | p. xiii |
Preface | p. xv |
List of abbreviations | p. xvii |
Introduction and historical overview | |
From mayhem to meaning: an introduction to the cultural meaning of the 2001 outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the UK | p. 3 |
The historical roots of FMD control in Britain, 1839-2001 | p. 19 |
Experiences expressed | |
Farmers/writers: 'They may be experts but they know nowt' | p. 37 |
Farmers/writers: FMD and the abuse of democratic process - a farmer's perspective | p. 51 |
Media: FMD in the West Country and the role of the Western Morning News | p. 67 |
Artists and photographers: picturing experiences | p. 75 |
Experiences analysed | |
Farmers and valuers: divisions and divisiveness and the social cost of FMD - a sociological analysis of FMD in one locality | p. 81 |
Churches: the response of local churches to FMD | p. 95 |
Children: 'Mary had a little lamb ...'- trauma, stress and coping during the 2001 FMD crisis, as seen through the medium of children's poems | p. 114 |
Experiences, contexts, analysis | |
Biosecurity: idyllic England in millennial Britain | p. 133 |
Life changes: altered lifescapes | p. 150 |
Technology: FMD 2001 - lessons emerging from county council websites | p. 172 |
Technology: the information and social needs of Cumbrian farmers during the UK 2001 FMD outbreak and the role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) | p. 186 |
Media: conceptualising FMD - the socio-cultural role of metaphors, frames and narratives | p. 200 |
Rumour: viral cows and viral culture? Towards an explanation of rumour in the 2001 UK outbreak of FMD | p. 215 |
Disaster: a further species of trouble? Disaster and narrative | p. 229 |
Epilogue | |
Speaking truth to power: FMD and the future of agriculture and its communities | p. 245 |
Index | p. 259 |
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