Precariousness and food: social and support networks in social canteens/ Precariedad y alimentacion: las redes sociales y de apoyo en los comedores sociales
The current study was carried out in the economic crisis context that has been affecting Europe and, consequently, Spain since 2008. Based on the ethnographic approach, it analyzes the reconfiguration of social networks focused on supporting people who seek welfare services such as social canteens t...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Demetra: Alimentação, Nutrição e Saúde Nutrição e Saúde, 2018-09, Vol.13 (3), p.569 |
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Zusammenfassung: | The current study was carried out in the economic crisis context that has been affecting Europe and, consequently, Spain since 2008. Based on the ethnographic approach, it analyzes the reconfiguration of social networks focused on supporting people who seek welfare services such as social canteens to get food in Barcelona City (Spain). We mainly analyzed the functions and responsibilities taken by social canteens after the old aid-reference bonds (family and friends) of people who use these centers as food resource weakened due to the impoverishment process they went through. The aim is to understand to what extent public policies focused on Right to Food can and should take into consideration the social (and affective) dimension in their approaches and actions, since, in many cases, welfare service centers, and people who work in them, become reference for that matter. Based on our analysis, although sometimes social canteens promote social relations among people using their services, they do not always value this matter in a comprehensive way, fact that opens room for issues that need to be discussed. Keywords: Food Assistance. Poverty. Family Relationships. Spain. Este estudio se desarrolla en contexto de crisis economica que afecta a Europa, y consecuentemente, al Estado espanol, a partir del ano 2008. Y analiza, a traves de un enfoque etnografico, las formas de reconfiguracion de las redes sociales de apoyo de personas que utilizan servicios asistenciales para alimentacion, como comedores sociales, en la ciudad de Barcelona (Espana). Analizamos especialmente que funciones y responsabilidades asumen los comedores sociales cuando los antiguos lazos de referencia de ayuda (familiares y amigos) de las personas que utilizan estos centros como recurso se han debilitado como consecuencia del proceso de empobrecimiento que atraviesan. Interesa entender hasta que punto las politicas publicas para la alimentacion pueden y deben considerar la dimension social (y afectiva) en sus planteamientos y acciones, ya que, en muchos casos, los centros asistenciales y las personas que trabajan alli pasan a ser para sus usuarios los lugares e individuos de referencia en este sentido. Hemos identificado que los comedores sociales, aunque por veces manifiesten su funcion de promover relaciones sociales entre las personas que los utilizan, no siempre valoran con profundidad la cuestion, lo que plantea la necesidad de discutir las problematicas que surgen a partir de la constat |
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ISSN: | 2238-913X 2238-913X |
DOI: | 10.12957/demetra.2018.33525 |