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The precarisation of daily life in Spain: Austerity, social policy and food insecurity

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    Identificador: imarina:9243290
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    Gracia-Arnaiz M
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    Autor segons l'article: Gracia-Arnaiz M
    Departament: Antropologia, Filosofia i Treball Social
    Autor/s de la URV: Gracia Arnaiz, Maria Isabel
    Paraules clau: Ways of eating Social inequality Food insecurity Food aid Economic-crisis Crisis ways of eating society social inequality food insecurity food aid context
    Resum: This article examines the extent to which the 2008 economic crisis has led to a shift in ways of eating among people living in precarious conditions in Spain, and the kinds of strategies they have developed to obtain daily food. Building on a literature review on precarisation in Spain and an analysis of action plans to combat food insecurity, participant-observation ethnography was carried out in Catalonia. Fieldwork was conducted during 2017–2019 in public and private spaces focusing on the food practices of 51 first-time applicants for social assistance. Qualitative data obtained from interviews and direct observation were recorded, transcribed and coded using the ATLAS-ti program to facilitate thematic analysis. Study participants’ oral narratives reveal substantial changes in food procurement and eating practices. Strategies include buying different foods, shopping less often and/or in different stores, seeking out cheaper brands, preparing simpler dishes, growing food and recycling leftovers. Their food itineraries reflect increasing reliance on charities, although a common alternative is meals prepared outside the home by family, neighbourhood, activist organisations or themselves. Eating patterns reveal not only experiences of food deprivation and social suffering, but also alternative ways of food procurement. Although food aid is based mainly on an assistance-oriented model, participatory initiatives have the potential to become political spaces that invite us to rethink the distribution of food resources and the limitations of social policies.
    Àrees temàtiques: Saúde coletiva Psychology (miscellaneous) Psychology (all) Psicología Odontología Nutrition and dietetics Nutrition & dietetics Nutrição Medicina veterinaria Medicina iii Medicina ii Medicina i Interdisciplinar General psychology Engenharias iv Engenharias ii Enfermagem Educação física Ciencias sociales Ciências biológicas ii Ciências agrárias i Ciência de alimentos Ciência da computação Behavioral sciences Administração, ciências contábeis e turismo
    Accès a la llicència d'ús: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    Adreça de correu electrònic de l'autor: mabel.gracia@urv.cat
    Identificador de l'autor: 0000-0002-6429-6395
    Data d'alta del registre: 2024-09-07
    Versió de l'article dipositat: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    Enllaç font original: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195666321008138
    URL Document de llicència: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Referència a l'article segons font original: Appetite. 171 105906-
    Referència de l'ítem segons les normes APA: Gracia-Arnaiz M (2022). The precarisation of daily life in Spain: Austerity, social policy and food insecurity. Appetite, 171(), 105906-. DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2021.105906
    DOI de l'article: 10.1016/j.appet.2021.105906
    Entitat: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Any de publicació de la revista: 2022
    Tipus de publicació: Journal Publications
  • Paraules clau:

    Behavioral Sciences,Nutrition & Dietetics,Nutrition and Dietetics,Psychology (Miscellaneous)
    Ways of eating
    Social inequality
    Food insecurity
    Food aid
    Economic-crisis
    Crisis
    ways of eating
    society
    social inequality
    food insecurity
    food aid
    context
    Saúde coletiva
    Psychology (miscellaneous)
    Psychology (all)
    Psicología
    Odontología
    Nutrition and dietetics
    Nutrition & dietetics
    Nutrição
    Medicina veterinaria
    Medicina iii
    Medicina ii
    Medicina i
    Interdisciplinar
    General psychology
    Engenharias iv
    Engenharias ii
    Enfermagem
    Educação física
    Ciencias sociales
    Ciências biológicas ii
    Ciências agrárias i
    Ciência de alimentos
    Ciência da computação
    Behavioral sciences
    Administração, ciências contábeis e turismo
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