Essays about: "eating practices"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 26 essays containing the words eating practices.

  1. 16. You are what you eat online : the phenomenon of mediated eating practices and their underlying moral regimes in Swedish “What I eat in a day” vlogs

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

    Author : Christine Sandal; [2018]
    Keywords : foodies; food vlog; aestheticisation; micro celebrity; everyday expertise; eating practices; practice theory; field theory; cultural intermediaries; cultural change; Sweden; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In Western societies, with increasingly salient mediation processes, eating, too, has become an entanglement of offline and online practices. Food as carrier of values has never merely satisfied bodily needs, which makes it essential to investigate mediated eating practices and emerging digital foodscapes in order to understand how they change everyday life, but also culture at large. READ MORE

  3. 17. Afghan Women in Sweden: A Qualitative Study of Their Socio-Cultural Integration and Sense of Belonging

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

    Author : Aida Abedin; [2018]
    Keywords : Afghans; Afghan women; integration; socio-cultural integration; acculturation; sense of belonging; social network; Sweden;

    Abstract : This study aims to investigate on the social and cultural integration experiences of Afghan women in Sweden, in terms of their social networks and their socio-cultural practices. In addition, this paper questions where the Afghan women feel belonging to and what factors shape this sense of belonging. READ MORE

  4. 18. Reading the information in applications is like eating fast food” : Motherhood and social media

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

    Author : Qimei Chen; [2017]
    Keywords : Social media; mothers; health; China; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This research explores young mothers' usage of social media to obtain child-rearing information in mainland China. I interviewed 11 Chinese women with the different background of their everyday social media practices. READ MORE

  5. 19. Curious Cuisine : Bringing culinary creativity home

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Designhögskolan vid Umeå universitet

    Author : Júlia Nacsa; [2016]
    Keywords : interaction design; data-driven creativity; food design;

    Abstract : How could culinary science and technology educate us about food through engagement and reflection? In this project, I proposed to uncover opportunities for design intervention within our near-future scenarios of cooking and eating in a home environment. My intent has been to use interaction design methodology to form social practices that turn the process of making and eating food more pleasurable and inspiring, while developing one’s individual knowledge, without being didactic and prescriptive. READ MORE

  6. 20. What’s in the milk? : aflatoxin and antibiotic residues in cow’s milk in Assam, Northeast India

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical Sciences

    Author : Hanna Lundén; [2015]
    Keywords : food-borne pathogens; antibiotics; milk; milk producers; India;

    Abstract : Worldwide, there are increasing concerns about food safety and what is really present in the food we are eating, and feeding our children. Antibiotic residues are one of these concerns and a growing global problem. In 2001 India became the world’s largest consumer of antibiotics and the problem with antibiotic resistance is increasing. READ MORE