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Three Foodbanks in a Decade of Austerity

Foodbank Affective Atmospheres

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ID8095552
AuthorsStephanie Denning (0000-0002-1636-6539, Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations Coventry University Coventry UK, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume53
Issue4
Pages1018-1037
Publication date2021-02-17
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAntipode (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0066-4812 • E-ISSN: 1467-8330
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/anti.12716
OpenAlexW3131961160
LanguageEN
Citations received14
References cited39

Poverty in the UK continues to rise, making it more important than ever to understand lived experiences of poverty. This paper responds to a gap in understanding collective experiences of poverty by analysing the affective atmospheres at three foodbanks in two British cities in 2014 and 2019. Drawing on ethnographies at the three foodbanks, it approaches affective atmospheres through Spinoza and a focus on capacity: the capacity of clients to be in a situation different to that of their current experience of food poverty; and the capacity of foodbank volunteers and managers in terms of how they desired the foodbank to be run. Overall, the paper argues that affective atmospheres at the foodbanks were formed by an ever‐changing relation between these capacities through the past, present, and anticipated future, and the ongoing context of austerity

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