Welcome to mid seminar with Hilde Weiser! Hilde presents her research project about adolescents in northern Sweden, their attitude towards sustainable food and the meaning of sensory experiences for their relations with food.
The project presentation will be in English, and the discussion is in Swedish.
Discussants
Carita Bengs, Professor at Department of Food, Nutrition and Culinary Science, Umeå University
Linda Berggren, Associate professor at Department of Food, Nutrition and Culinary Science, Umeå University
Maria Nyberg, Associate Professor Sociology in food and meal science at the Faculty of Natural Science, Kristianstad University.
The seminar will be held in lärarutbildningshuset, ground level.
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It is clear that current global system for consuming and producing food is not viable in the long term, but what does that mean for adolescents in a local context in northern Sweden? Children and young people are often promoted as agents of change in the sustainability discussion. At the same time, “sustainable food” can be perceived and valued in various ways. Being able and willing to act for sustainable change can depend on many things, such as courage, curiosity, self-awareness and being able to relate to others. Exploring and experiencing food with senses can play a role here. This project is therefore interested in the complexity of the question of what 'sustainable food' means for adolescents in northern Sweden. The project also wants to contribute to increased knowledge about the hitherto under-researched area of the meanings of sensory experiences for adolescents’ relations with food, self, and each other. The project is limited to including research participants from Västerbotten and Norrbotten aged 15 – 18 years. All sub-studies use qualitative methods.
Hilde Weiser is a Doctoral student at the Department of Food, Nutrition and Culinary Science, as well as the Arctic Graduate School at Umeå University. The seminar is a part of the Department's Tuesday seminar series.
