Hunger for change

Student food insecurity in Australia

Bibliographic Data

ID8942482
AuthorsCraig Jeffrey (0000-0001-7263-8992), Jane Dyson (0000-0003-4868-3229, corresponding author), Gyorgy Scrinis (0000-0003-3897-4778, Agriculture and Food)
Year2022
Volume136
Pages186-193
Publication date2022-10-15
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGeoforum (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0016-7185 • E-ISSN: 1872-9398
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.geoforum.2022.09.011
OpenAlexW4306321549
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited38

Student food insecurity has been a major social problem across the world. Building on interview-based research, this paper examines students’ experiences of food insecurity in Melbourne during the Covid-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns. It places particular emphasis on young people’s agency and students’ ‘relational’ understanding of food insecurity. Students experienced food insecurity in relation to other domains of life, such as work and health. In addition, students understood food insecurity in relation to how they are positioned with respect to axes of social inequality and in relation to a wider food system. In developing these points, we offer reflection on ground-level social action and relationality relevant to geographical and wider social science understanding of progressive food activism

Agency (philosophy · Agriculture · Food insecurity · Food security · Food systems · Geography · Inequality · Political science · Relation (database · Social science · Sociology · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Organic Food and Agriculture · Urban Agriculture and Sustainability

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