Collection(s) : Update sciences & technologies
Paru le 24/01/2024 | Broché 216 pages
Public motivé
translation David Manley
Researchers rarely reveal the details of the methodological choices on which their research is based. The theoretical and practical considerations that have guided them in these choices often remain implicit. In this book, the focus is on methods for studying food and 'eaters'. The use of the term 'eaters' is intended to distinguish them from the simple image of a consumer. It emphasises the multi-dimensionality of the act of eating, an act that engages individuals socially as much as physically and inserts them into space and time as well as into economic exchanges.
This book is the result of a collective effort by some forty established researchers. The aim is to provide a critical overview of fifteen methods currently used in or at the crossroads of different disciplines : anthropology, economics, geography, nutrition and sociology.
The book will be of interest to students, teachers, expert researchers and other professionals looking for methods to better understand or refine their own tools for studying food and eaters.
Olivier Lepiller is a sociologist and researcher at Cirad (MoISA) in Montpellier, France. His work focuses on contemporary social transformations in food norms and practices and on pathways to more sustainable food systems.
Tristan Fournier is a sociologist and research fellow at CNRS (Iris - EHESS) in Paris, France. His work focuses mainly on the social, moral and political issues of food changes, and questions the status of biomedical knowledge as well as the relationships between food, health and the body.
Nicolas Bricas is a researcher in the socioeconomics of food at Cirad (MoISA), chairholder of the Unesco Chair in World Food Systems, and co-director of the Innovations and Policies for Sustainable Food' (IPAD) Advanced Master's program.
Muriel Figuié is a sociologist and researcher at Cirad (MoISA) in Montpellier, France. She conducts research on risk governance in agriculture and food systems, with a particular focus on the connections between animal-related risks, global health, and development issues in low - and middle-income countries.
