Exploring Food Cultures through Art: Meeting People Where They Are at

Autor:	Kim Beasy, Leah Page
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	Exhibition Food insecurity Aesthetics media_common.quotation_subject digestive oral and skin physiology Food choice Sustainability Habitus Sociology Space (commercial competition) Diversity (politics) media_common Critical engagement
Zdroj:	Education, Language and Sociology Research. 2:p47
ISSN:	2690-3652 2690-3644
DOI:	10.22158/elsr.v2n3p47
Popis:	Engaging people in critical conversations about food practices is often challenging. In this paper, we explore how an exhibition was used as an educative site to explore food insecurity and food cultures and to promote food ethics and healthy eating. Surveys and interviews from the opening night of an exhibition were collected and Bourdieu’s habitus was used to theoretically inform analysis. The diversity of artworks displayed were found to provoke critical reflection about food cultures among participants. Findings revealed the exhibition was a non-intrusive space for meeting people ‘where they were at’ in understandings of food and food practice. Artworks were found to evoke reflections on food as a cultural phenomenon and as a deeply personal component of everyday worlds. The tensions in making food choices and food as agentic in participants lives were highlighted. Findings suggest that exhibitions may support critical engagement with food practice when audiences are given opportunities to discuss their thoughts and ideas.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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