Is “Soft” Activism a Path Forward? Veganism in Japan with Ruby Ramsden

Freedom of Species

This show features Ruby Ramsden on her PhD research on vegan activism in Japan. Some of the specific topics covered are: barriers to eating vegan in Japan, Ruby’s vegan/animal journey, “insider” and “outsider” research, a history of veganism and animal consumption in Japan, and tactical vegan advocacy. You can look further into Ruby’s work by checking out her article Veganism in Japan: How ‘soft’ activism is changing minds in a meat-eating nation: https://www.melbourneasiareview.edu.au/veganism-in-japan-how-soft-activism-is-changing-minds-in-a-meat-eating-nation/ We also briefly touched on the Maintenance Phase podcast episode ‘Soy Boys’: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6XaOAFq1c49TpVOFFe9j2v?si=f87353dbab054edb Another topic that came up was sociological work on vegaphobia/veganphobia in the media. You can watch talks from Matthew Cole, Karen Morgan, Norm Riley and Corey Wrenn from the 2022 International Association of Vegan Sociologists conference for more on this issue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJxDlMQqmRk A note to listeners that we're able to play music on our show due to 3CR Community Radio's license but we've recently found out that while this license covers music played live/on podcasts via the 3CR website, it doesn't cover music played on podcast apps. We'll be meeting soon to work out the best way to put out our podcasts with this in mind, but for this week at least, we'll be putting out the podcast version of the show without the music. However, if you'd like to listen to the full show with all of the music, just go to our site https://www.3cr.org.au/freedomofspecies and hit play on the player that says 'Freedom of Species - 1 December 2024'. This player is circled in the screenshot that we’ve posted on social media: https://www.facebook.com/freedomofspecies/posts/pfbid02ZKjSxuJRkDicbyVivht6H7DKSzRshjarfP1yD4B87vGCSwnFjGXss5k1V4HvxnHEl The full versions of our shows are always available there soon after they air and for the week following ie basically until our next show airs the following Sunday. Music: Animal Liberation by Los Fastidios: https://www.losfastidios.net/ Abstract (Psychopomp) by Hozier: https://hozier.com/ MUD by Mudrat: https://open.spotify.com/track/423KXgSOZb2wmoEYipMZQH?si=5a9ab8ce62024710 Hana by Fujii Kaze: https://fujiikaze.com/music/