Children’s subversive interactions in the school mealtime

Stone, Samantha; Murakami, Kyoko

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“…Az iskolai étkeztetés, tágabban a főzés és a táplálkozás témaköre mint tananyag a gyermeki szocializáció és önállósodás elősegítésének sokoldalú lehető-ségeként került a pedagógiai, a szociológiai, valamint az etnográfiai vizsgálatok látókörébe, új utakat nyitva ezzel a kutatásban és az alkalmazhatóság tekintetében is (Weaver-Hightower 2011). A közös iskolai étkezések ideje a gyermek szemszögéből olyan "rendkívüli idő" lehet, amelyre a tanítási rendtől eltérő szabályok érvényesek (Stone -Murakami 2021). Ahhoz hasonló szerepet tölthet be, mint amit az ünnepek a hétköznapok között.…”

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Az iskolai gyermekétkeztetés interdiszciplináris kutatásának lehetőségei

Báti

2023

Menzadimenziók. A Gyermek-Közétkeztetés Társadalmi Beágyazottsága

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In Hungary around half of the 3–18 years old age group has regularly used school food service. This paper focuses on the operation and social embeddedness of school canteens and the at-home eating habits of the families involved. The sources I have used are the ﬁndings of my interdisciplinary research group. Ethnographers from RCH Institute of Ethnology and dieticians from the National Institute of Pharmacy and Nutrition has been studying the school food from 2018 to 2023. We selected a few model settlements: in addition to the capital, Budapest, three smaller towns and two villages. Through questionnaires, interviews, and ﬁeldwork observations we investigated cooking, serving, meal courses, meal-time, eating habits, preferences, as well as nutritional knowledge of students, teachers, kitchen staﬀ, and parents. Our goal, among other things, is to collect best practices, to facilitate communication between the participants. Some examples from our research highlight the special role of the centrally regulated school food in thelocal food culture, and diﬃculties with social, historical roots which on occasion hamper school lunch to become a socially accepted model of a healthy diet. The school canteen works best at places where cooking takes place in the school building. There is a strong connection between the kitchen staﬀ and the teachers, and they work together in the interest of the children. The value of food and how much it is appreciated is shown by how it is treated and how it is talked about. Communication about food in the canteen should be based on food preparation at home, where parents and children work together. The operation of canteens has become particularly problem-atic following the measures introduced due to the coronavirus epidemic. A sustainable, enjoyable canteen can only be realized through the regular communication of schools and school kitchens, as well as children and their parents. Our results are presented to our respondents, also providing them with a comparison of diﬀerent examples.

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Az iskolai gyermekétkeztetés interdiszciplináris kutatásának lehetőségei

Báti

2023

Menzadimenziók. A Gyermek-Közétkeztetés Társadalmi Beágyazottsága

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“…Episode 1: The boys involved had already rejoiced once in successfully undermining the authorities (Stone et al., under review), which perhaps conveyed a feeling of strength and encouraged the hilarity that ensued.…”

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“…School mealtimes are less frequently considered outside a healthy eating agenda, but we have argued elsewhere that they are distinctive social contexts where children learn a lot about who they are in relation to the other (Stone, 2020; Stone et al., under review). Baines and MacIntyre (2019) illustrate that school mealtimes are important sites for children's social, emotional and moral development because they afford children different opportunities for peer relation processes and the co‐construction of peer culture.…”

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Children's humour and the grotesque pleasures in school mealtime socialisation

Stone

Murakami

2021

Children & Society

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In this paper, we argue for two propositions: children are socialised and guided to become competent members of school mealtime community, and children have the capacity to modify and challenge existing practices. We draw on Bakhtin's concepts of the carnivalesque laughter and grotesque realism to illustrate how children use humour to test the boundaries of what is permitted. Children's mealtime interactions foster the development of social skills to subvert and negotiate adult authority and manage unfolding interactions between children and adults. We present findings from a child‐centred perspective in a primary school in the United Kingdom.

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Opportunities for Interdisciplinary Research on School Catering

Báti

2024

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In Hungary, about half of the 3–18 age group has regularly used school food service. This paper focuses on the operation and social embeddedness of school canteens and the at-home eating habits of the families involved. My conclusions are based on the findings of my interdisciplinary research group. Ethnographers from the RCH Institute of Ethnology and dietitians from the National Institute of Pharmacy and Nutrition have been studying school food from 2018 to 2023. We selected a few model settlements: in addition to the capital, Budapest, three smaller towns, and two villages. Through questionnaires, interviews, and fieldwork observations, we investigated cooking, serving, meal courses, meal time, eating habits, preferences, as well as the nutritional knowledge of students, teachers, kitchen staff, and parents. Our goal, among other things, is to collect best practices and facilitate communication between participants. Some examples from our research highlight the special role of the centrally regulated school food in local food culture, and difficulties with social and historical roots can occasionally hamper school lunches in becoming a socially accepted model of a healthy diet. The school canteen works best at sites where cooking takes place within the school premises. There is a strong connection between the kitchen staff and the teachers, and they work together in the interest of the children. The value of food and its appreciation is demonstrated by how it is treated and how it is talked about. Communication about food in the canteen should be based on food preparation at home, where parents and children work together. The operation of canteens has become particularly problematic following the measures introduced during the coronavirus pandemic. A sustainable, enjoyable canteen can only be realized through the regular communication of schools and school kitchens, as well as children and their parents. Our findings are presented to our respondents, along with providing them with a comparison of different examples.

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Children’s subversive interactions in the school mealtime

Cited by 3 publications

References 28 publications

Az iskolai gyermekétkeztetés interdiszciplináris kutatásának lehetőségei

Az iskolai gyermekétkeztetés interdiszciplináris kutatásának lehetőségei

Children's humour and the grotesque pleasures in school mealtime socialisation

Opportunities for Interdisciplinary Research on School Catering

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