Autor según el artículo: Gracia-Arnaiz M
Departamento: Antropologia, Filosofia i Treball Social
Autor/es de la URV: Gracia Arnaiz, Maria Isabel
Palabras clave: Ways of eating Social inequality Food insecurity Food aid Economic-crisis Crisis ways of eating society social inequality food insecurity food aid context
Resumen: 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.
Áreas temáticas: 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
Acceso a la licencia de uso: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Direcció de correo del autor: mabel.gracia@urv.cat
Identificador del autor: 0000-0002-6429-6395
Fecha de alta del registro: 2023-12-16
Versión del articulo depositado: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Enlace a la fuente original: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195666321008138
URL Documento de licencia: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Referencia al articulo segun fuente origial: Appetite. 171 105906-
Referencia 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 del artículo: 10.1016/j.appet.2021.105906
Entidad: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Año de publicación de la revista: 2022
Tipo de publicación: Journal Publications
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