Jackson, P. orcid.org/0000-0002-3654-1891, Evans, D., Truninger, M. et al. (2 more authors) (2022) Tasting as a social practice: a methodological experiment in making taste public. Social and Cultural Geography, 23 (5). pp. 739-756. ISSN 1464-9365
Abstract
Based on fieldwork in the UK and Portugal, this paper considers the relationships between cultural analyses of taste and the embodied activity of tasting. As part of a wider project on the multiple ontologies of ‘freshness’, the paper conceptualises taste as an emergent effect of tasting practices. Drawing on evidence from a series of ‘tasting events’ (where research participants were recorded shopping, cooking and eating a meal with friends and family), the paper explores the multiple dimensions of taste concluding that even the most personal and sensory aspects of tasting food involve a social dimension which we interpret through the lens of practice theory. The paper identifies three specific dimensions of tasting as a social practice involving food’s material and visceral qualities; the links between embodiment and emotion; and the contextual significance of family and social relations. Our findings contribute to recent debates about ‘making taste public’, even in the apparently private context of household consumption.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in Social and Cultural Geography. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Food; taste; social practice; UK; Portugal |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Geography (Sheffield) The University of Sheffield > Sheffield Teaching Hospitals |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number ECONOMIC & SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL ES/N009649/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 11 Aug 2020 13:51 |
Last Modified: | 24 May 2022 09:09 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/14649365.2020.1809013 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:164259 |