The taste of waste
Reclaiming and sharing rotten food among squatters in London
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12799463 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Giovanna Capponi (0000-0002-7196-3627, University of Bologna, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 489-505 |
| Publication date | 2020-07-09 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Food Culture & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1552-8014 • E-ISSN: 1751-7443 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/15528014.2020.1773691 |
| OpenAlex | W3041024590 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 13 |
This paper analyzes consumption practices and dumpster diving among squatting communities in London. By rejecting the cultural environment which endorses rules of production and distribution of goods, squatters choose to consume food that has already been expelled by the mainstream economic system. Appealing to recent scholarship in this field, the way in which food is transformed and recategorized compels us to rethink Lévi-Strauss’s culinary triangle. Food items, once fallen into the category of rotten, acquire new values and even change their properties from the squatters’ perspective, redefining not only what is good to eat, but also what is considered ethical and acceptable. Drawing upon classical literature engaging with theories of value in anthropology, I will show how political tastes interact and sometimes contradict individual tastes and desires. Moreover, I will analyze how reclaimed food items are reinserted into an exchange network that reflects the political values and objectives of the social actors
Art · Commodity · Consumption (sociology · Economic growth · Economics · Exchange value · Field (mathematics · Food studies · Mainstream · Market economy · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Politics · Scholarship · Social science · Sociology · Squatting position · Taste · Value (mathematics · Culinary Culture and Tourism · Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Law · Psychology
The cultural biography of things
Introduction
The social cleansing of London council estates
The Center Holds
Food Waste in Australia
Tactics of Waste, Dirt and Discard in the Occupy Movement
The Anatomy of a Dumpster
Toward An Anthropological Theory of Value
The Raw and the Rotten
The Perception of the Environment
Waving the banana' at capitalism
Your Trash Is Someone's Treasure
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |