Dakar. Les quatre âges du fast food

Crenn, Chantal; Hassoun, Jean-Pierre

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“…In addition to shopping and cooking, sharing food constituted an important part of my research methodology. All food prepared in Dakar households is shared, and breaking off from communal meals to eat alone is considered a highly unusual, even provocative act (Crenn and Hassoun, 2014; Rubin and BeLue, 2017). The obligation of participating in shared meals makes it difficult in practice for people to take medical advice to shift dietary register or to practise ‘healthy eating’, although they can engage covert practices of withdrawal and restriction (Poleykett, 2021).…”

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Living with ‘New Diseases’ in Dakar: Embodied Time and the Emergence of Chronicity

Poleykett

2022

Body & Society

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In this article, I examine how the emergence of chronic conditions such as diabetes, hypertension and heart disease reshapes perceptions of time, embodiment, ageing and the life course in the West African city of Dakar. Focusing on the complex, discontinuous and cyclical nature of chronic disease in this context, I argue that experiences of chronicity in Dakar can be analysed using a ‘biocircular’ lens. Biocircular approaches draw attention to new forms of embodied temporality that emerge in the wake of ‘new diseases’. I identify three new forms of embodied time produced and engaged by ailing and ageing people in Dakar. First, chronic symptoms emerge out of time, at unexpected junctures in the life course. Second, chronic diseases are understood to speed up or accelerate body pace. Finally, food can be implicated not just in harmful and risky consumption, but in healing and metabolic repair.

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Living with ‘New Diseases’ in Dakar: Embodied Time and the Emergence of Chronicity

Poleykett

2022

Body & Society

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“…Outre certains anthropologues qui dans leurs études approfondies de populations réduites abordaient l’alimentation parmi les dimensions de la vie quotidiennes et festives, peu d’études qualitatives directement axées sur l’alimentation ont été menées. Cependant, depuis quelques années, des études qualitatives sont entreprises y compris dans des centres urbains comme Dakar et permettent de comprendre plus en profondeur les comportements alimentaires des populations (Bricas, 1992; Crenn et Hassoun, 2014). Dans le cas présenté ici, c’est l’alliance de ces deux méthodes qui permet de saisir les dynamiques de changements des modèles alimentaires à Dakar.…”

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Cadres social, linguistique et climatique d’une enquête alimentaire à Dakar - Adaptation d’une chercheuse à son terrain

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2015

Bulletin of Sociological Methodology/Bulletin de Méthodologie S

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The Social, Linguistic and Climatic Frameworks of a Dietary Survey in Dakar -Adaptation of a Researcher in her Field. In Africa concerning food, large quantitative surveys dominate and take precedence over the use of qualitative methodologies, only slightly developed until now. Yet the complexity of food and diet encourages the production of ethnographic studies to understand all dimensions involved. The approach taken in the framework of my thesis is both qualitative and quantitative. How can a Western female researcher, and French in particular, manage the contextual constraints of working in Dakar, an African city open to the world and symbolically charged by colonial history? Field work access is negotiated specifically by adopting the rules of greetings and self-presentation. Complicity in the kitchen creates the ''incommon'' and the presence of the translator makes for triangular discussions. Time management -that passes and goes on -taking into account local constraints, is necessary for the proper conduct of the survey. Ré suméEn Afrique, en matière d'alimentation, les grandes enquêtes quantitatives sont majoritaires et prennent le pas sur l'utilisation des méthodologies qualitatives, encore peu développées à ce jour. Pourtant la complexité de l'objet alimentation (Crenn et Delavigne, 2010;Hayn, 2009;Hubert, 1991) incite à la réalisation d'études ethnographiques Downloaded from afin d'en saisir toutes les dimensions. La démarche adoptée dans le cadre de ma thèse est à la fois qualitative et quantitative. Comment une chercheuse occidentale, et française en particulier, apprivoise-t-elle les contraintes liées au contexte dakarois : ville africaine tournée vers le monde et chargé symboliquement par l'histoire coloniale ? L'accès au terrain se négocie notamment par l'adoption des règles de salutations et de présentation de soi. La complicité autour de la cuisine permet de créer de l'« en-commun » et la présence du traducteur facilite les discussions triangulaires. La gestion du temps -qui passe et qu'il fait -en tenant compte des contraintes locales est nécessaire au bon déroulement de l'enquête.

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Dakar Food: Between Permanence and Change. Adaptation to Environmental Context

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2014

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

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In Senegal and Dakar in particular, overfishing and fisheries management policies focus mainly on export and generation of economic flows which lead to scarcity of fish in the sea and on the Dakar markets. Some species such as thiof are now endangered. Fish is a very important component of diet in Dakar. What impact do these changes have on Dakar inhabitants' food? How do people adapt and react to this situation in terms of food? Conducting a qualitative study on Dakar's consumers has allowed us to identify trends in the behaviour of dietary adaptations. Subsequently, a quantitative study enabled us to clarify the results by quantifying these trends. The mobilization of the food social space of Jean-Pierre Poulain (2012) helps us to describe the different dimensions of food and bring out the dynamics of each dimension. Concerning fish, the context described causes pressure on produce at landing and wholesalers, vendors and people of Dakar dispute the content of pirogues. The food system, especially fish, is affected: Some products travel many kilometres before reaching the consumer; yet are close to the sea. The edible space of most people of Dakar is composed of two staples: rice and fish, and peripheral foods. The situation leads some individuals to turn to meat and millet dishes with curd milk. This reduces the influence of cooks on the food of family members and change configurations of conviviality. These 'away from home' consumptions also affect the rhythms and daily food temporalities. The flexibility allowed by street consumption, less formal than consumption at home, enable people to escape the constraints imposed by the family rhythm. Food temporalities also appear during the season, very different in terms of supply of various products such as fish and vegetables. In terms of social differentiation, the consumption of fish plays an important role: the use of noble fish denotes a comfortable situation, which can be permanent or temporary, while the exclusive presence of small fish such as sardines in dishes refers to financial difficulties. Finally, whilst Dakar's rich diversify their diet, Dakar's poorest maintain the structure of the national dish: rice with fish (ceebujen) while impoverishing it.

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Dakar. Les quatre âges du fast food

Cited by 7 publications

References 7 publications

Living with ‘New Diseases’ in Dakar: Embodied Time and the Emergence of Chronicity

Living with ‘New Diseases’ in Dakar: Embodied Time and the Emergence of Chronicity

Cadres social, linguistique et climatique d’une enquête alimentaire à Dakar - Adaptation d’une chercheuse à son terrain

Dakar Food: Between Permanence and Change. Adaptation to Environmental Context

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