Social change as a lifestyle: identifying actions and practices of vegan activism among young adults

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dc.article.number1477573
dc.catalogadoraba
dc.contributor.authorTorres, Rodrigo
dc.contributor.authorJoustra, Camila
dc.contributor.authorFigueroa, Juan
dc.contributor.authorGiacoman Hernández, Claudia
dc.date.accessioned2025-10-17T21:11:55Z
dc.date.available2025-10-17T21:11:55Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.description.abstractWhile classical models of social-movement research focus on protests and collective events, recent work has shifted toward an individualized approach to collective action within political participation and activism. Drawing on 73 in-depth qualitative interviews with 40 young vegans in Santiago, Chile, we examine how participants themselves define and enact vegan activism in everyday life. Our results reveal that veganism transcends dietary choice, encompassing professional engagement, online content creation, and even cooking and commensality as deliberate activist practices. These lifestyle-based practices coexist with organized collective actions—like marches and NGO initiatives—to forge a hybrid model of political participation blending individual agency and collective coordination. By integrating these findings into existing theories of lifestyle political activism, we offer a more nuanced framework for understanding political participation. First, we reconceptualize vegan activism as simultaneously a lifestyle movement and a social movement. Second, we introduce a typology that classifies activist actions and practices along the axes of individual versus collective action and interpersonal versus public impact. Third, we uncover underexplored domains—culinary-based actions and professional engagement—that extend current theories of everyday political activism. These findings not only advance theory but also offer practical insights for vegan and environmental activists—such as food-based interventions and digital outreach strategies—to enhance the impact and reach of their practices. By foregrounding activists’ own definitions and experiences in a Global South context, this study demonstrates the value of situated analyses for reconceptualizing political participation and broadening core theoretical frameworks.
dc.format.extent13 páginas
dc.fuente.origenORCID
dc.identifier.doi10.3389/fpos.2025.1477573
dc.identifier.eissn2673-3145
dc.identifier.issn2673-3145
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3389/fpos.2025.1477573
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/106260
dc.information.autorucInstituto de Sociología; Giacoman Hernández, Claudia; 0000-0002-4527-625X; 3151
dc.language.isoen
dc.nota.accesocontenido completo
dc.revistaFrontiers in Political Science
dc.rightsacceso abierto
dc.rights.licenseAttribution 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectVeganism
dc.subjectAnimal rights
dc.subjectEnvironment
dc.subjectSocial movements
dc.subjectActivism
dc.subjectYouth
dc.subjectPolitical participation
dc.subjectChile
dc.subject.ddc300
dc.subject.deweyCiencias socialeses_ES
dc.titleSocial change as a lifestyle: identifying actions and practices of vegan activism among young adults
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen7
sipa.codpersvinculados3151
sipa.trazabilidadORCID;2025-10-13
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