Identificador: imarina:9325987
Autors:
Gracia Arnaiz, Maria Isabel
Resum:
This chapter analyses the relationship between the growing precariousness of daily life, food insecurity and the measures taken to tackle in Spain. As in other European countries, the administration has addressed the rising social demand for food assistance by strengthening and institutionalising a broad network of non-profit organisations that usually - though not exclusively - manage it under the guidance of the municipal social services. Based on the ethnographic analysis of the food itineraries of a group of people in a precarious situation, this text outlines their lived experiences in Catalonia dealing with the stress of having to meet daily food needs using their own and others’ resources. Due to their flexibility, the food itineraries reflect the changing nature of the practices and knowledge that people deploy in each situation/stage, underlining the importance that all the formal and informal support networks acquire in urban contexts when it comes to managing food assistance.
Repositori URV