{"id":7537,"date":"2026-01-13T15:41:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T07:41:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/typesetter.hk\/2026\/01\/13\/article-tank-to-table-hong-kongs-wet-markets-and-the-geographies-of-lively-commodification-beyond-companionship\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T15:49:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T07:49:34","slug":"article-tank-to-table-hong-kongs-wet-markets-and-the-geographies-of-lively-commodification-beyond-companionship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/typesetter.hk\/en\/2026\/01\/13\/article-tank-to-table-hong-kongs-wet-markets-and-the-geographies-of-lively-commodification-beyond-companionship\/","title":{"rendered":"[Article] Tank to Table: Hong Kong\u2019s Wet Markets and the Geographies of Lively Commodification Beyond Companionship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Author: Ben A. Gerlofs, Benjamin Lucca Iaquinto, Kylie Yuet Ning Poon &amp; Cathy Tung Yee Tsang<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: Annals of the American Association of Geographers<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/24694452.2024.2304200\">https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/24694452.2024.2304200<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Abstract<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We argue for a radical reconfiguration of existing theorizations of the \u201clively commodity\u201d\u2014beings captured, cultivated, and traded for their very lives\u2014on more inclusive terms. Specifically, we advocate the inclusion of animals intended for dietary consumption, in recognition of the demonstrable centrality of encounters between human beings in their role as consumers and the animals and animal parts offered for sale in Hong Kong\u2019s many wet markets to the processes of commodification.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Based on semistructured interviews with vendors and consumers (n\u2009=\u200986) and a variety of modes of ethnographic observation (including narrative, photography, and several forms of videography), we analyze three groups of practices and strategies for structuring and negotiating productive encounters (which we label provoking motion, stimulating appetite, and maintaining life) observed in twenty-seven different wet markets across Hong Kong between June and September 2022.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our analysis also suggests critical issues and directions for future research rooted in, at minimum, crucial differences in the scalar, temporal, ecological, and ethical dimensions of diverse processes of lively commodification.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author: Ben A. Gerlofs, Benjamin Lucca Iaquinto, Kylie Yuet Ning Poon &amp; Cathy Tung Yee Tsang Source: Annals of the American Association of Geographers Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/24694452.2024.2304200\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/24694452.2024.2304200<\/a> Abstract We argue for a radical reconfiguration of existing theorizations of the \u201clively commodity\u201d\u2014beings captured, cultivated, and traded for their very lives\u2014on more inclusive terms. Specifically, we advocate the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145170531,"featured_media":6534,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[776957933],"tags":[776958240,776958076,776958239],"class_list":["post-7537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category--en","tag-consumption","tag-newsroom","tag-wet-market"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/typesetter.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/article.png?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pai6UY-1Xz","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7438,"url":"https:\/\/typesetter.hk\/en\/2025\/12\/19\/modular-market-everyday-experience-and-the-movement-of-diversified-historiographies-an-interview-with-vivien-chan\/","url_meta":{"origin":7537,"position":0},"title":"Modular Market, Everyday Experience, and the Movement of Diversified Historiographies\u2014An Interview with Vivien Chan","author":"\u624b\u6c11\u51fa\u7248\u793e","date":"19\/12\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Editor\u2019s Note: The recent \u201cwalking craze\u201d has brought Hong Kong\u2019s public housing estates into the local\u2014and even international\u2014spotlight in a new way, sparking a wave of aesthetic, nostalgic, and historical rediscovery through tours and cultural production. 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