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Children's understanding of food and meals in the foodscape at school
Author(s) -
Osowski Christine Persson,
Göranzon Helen,
Fjellström Christina
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
international journal of consumer studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.775
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1470-6431
pISSN - 1470-6423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1470-6431.2011.01003.x
Subject(s) - construct (python library) , dichotomy , context (archaeology) , sociology , psychology , geography , epistemology , philosophy , archaeology , computer science , programming language
Children come into contact with food in different places and contexts, i.e. ‘foodscapes’. The aim of the paper was to study what knowledge children construct regarding food and meals in the foodscape at school and how they do so, focusing on the school meal context. Observations, interviews and focus group interviews were used. The children appropriated ideas and understandings from the adult world and society as a whole and used it among their peers in the school meal situation. This included the adoption of institutional commensality, the telling of stories about food, and the classification of foods in dichotomies.