Essays about: "eating practices"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 26 essays containing the words eating practices.

  1. 11. Understanding food choices and practices among older people in Thailand – an exploratory study

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Internationell mödra- och barnhälsovård (IMCH)

    Author : Chalobol Chalermsri; [2019]
    Keywords : food choices; older people; Thailand;

    Abstract : Background: Food choice and practice of older people is very significant for their health and well-being. Earlier studies have focused on the choices made by older people in developed countries. READ MORE

  3. 12. Familiar Flavors : Sensorial Experiences of Familiarity and Transnational Food Practices Amongst International Students

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

    Author : Esben Enghave Larsen; [2019]
    Keywords : Migration; transnationalism; social practices; food; senses; embodied methods; international students;

    Abstract : The thesis takes a reflexive feminist and sensory approach in examining the transnational practices and feelings of cultural familiarity that embody international student migrants, as well as the spatial and social implications of shared kitchen environments. Empirically, the research is based in participatory cook- and eat-along interviews, and a focus group dinner session with six student participants, situating both the researcher and the participants within the sensorial realm of food practices during the fieldwork. READ MORE

  4. 13. Shit Matters! Assessing sociocultural barriers and opportunities for upscaling adoption of human faeces derived fertilizers in central Uganda

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Elina Persson; Therese Hågerup; [2018]
    Keywords : nutrient recovered faecal sludge; soil infertility; sociocultural norms; IBM-WASH; diffusion of innovations; Uganda; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Nutrient recovered faecal sludge is a novel alternative fertilizer product, and is proposed to be promoted in places where improvement in sanitation management is needed, for example in Uganda’s capital Kampala. However, Uganda and most of Africa is perceived as a faecofobic area, i.e. READ MORE

  5. 14. Interactive Eating Design: A Programmatic Exploration of Food as Design Material Through Games

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Kevin Ong; [2018]
    Keywords : Interaction Design; Eating Design; Interactive Eating Design; Programmatic Design; Edible Games; Food; Game Design;

    Abstract : This thesis project focuses on the practices of eating and play as I explore using food as a material for interaction design through the context of an analog game. Using the action of eating as the main mechanic, participants of my research project are subject to sensations that can only be explored by eating such as taste, hunger, and satiation. READ MORE

  6. 15. Food: A Sensuous Matter of the Everyday : A sensorial exploration of material and bounded natures of mundane food practices

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Socialantropologiska institutionen

    Author : Elin Linder; [2018]
    Keywords : Food; sensuous anthropology; boundaries; the everyday; materials; actor-network theory;

    Abstract : This thesis examines everyday food practices such as sensed by seven households in the city ofStockholm, Sweden. By sensuously exploring the acts of acquiring, preparing, cooking, eating,and wasting food, I analyze how food is a matter of olfactory, gustatory, auditory, tactile, andvisual significance, as much as matter per se. READ MORE