Food as social justice: Critical ethnography as a lens for communication activism

Louis, Ross

doi:10.1080/17404622.2016.1142102

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“…Critical ethnographies are useful for underserved populations because the examination of power inequities is central to critical theory, with implications on social justice and redressing health inequities (Duff et al, 2016;Louis et al, 2016). Moreover, critical ethnography has been posed as a useful frame to examine healthy food as a social justice issue (Louis et al, 2016).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Like the FHORT, critical ethnographies integrate critical theory with attention to how power dynamics associated with colonization have undermined Indigenous communities, along with how Indigenous communities have resisted and persisted, despite historical oppression (Burnette, 2015; Carspecken, 1996). Critical ethnographies are useful for underserved populations because the examination of power inequities is central to critical theory, with implications on social justice and redressing health inequities (Duff et al, 2016; Louis et al, 2016). Moreover, critical ethnography has been posed as a useful frame to examine healthy food as a social justice issue (Louis et al, 2016).…”

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confidence: 99%

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“Take care of your families, take care of one another”: Indigenist families and foodways

McKinley

2023

Family Relations

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ObjectiveThe purpose of this research was to examine how families and foodways have evolved over time and how they may present promising promotive factors for resilience, health, and wellness.BackgroundBecause food is central to family, social relationships, and healthy living, Indigenist foodways may promote family resilience and offset inequities.MethodPragmatic horizon analysis of data drawn from 31 critical ethnographic interviews on food and family in the Southeast and Northwest, including both urban and rural reservation tribal contexts, resulted in emergent themes related to food and families.ResultsThemes included (a) foodways fostering family connectedness: “The fresh vegetable is how I remember my grandpa”; (b) tight‐knit extended families and communities: “The community where I grew up … everybody knew each other, so everybody … pitched in”; (c) family and community celebrations nurturing cohesion: “The family I have, I can always count on. I can trust each one of them”; and (d) families fostering healing: “Sit down and talk to somebody … that you can trust.”ConclusionParticipants explained how foodways promoted family resilience by bringing families and communities together. Indigenist foodways fostered continuity and healing through food preparation and processing and through feasts and gatherings.ImplicationsFoodways were described as fundamental to family resilience and community connectedness. Subsistence fostered exercise, eating locally sourced foods, and family resilience. Interventions are needed to promote Indigenist foodway sovereignty while first understanding how culture, history, and food inform wellness and community well‐being.

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“Take care of your families, take care of one another”: Indigenist families and foodways

McKinley

2023

Family Relations

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“…This inquiry focuses on the resilience and resistance component of critical theory, rather than how historical oppression has undermined foodways, which is beyond the scope. Moreover, critical ethnography has been posed as a useful frame to examine healthy food as a social justice issue ( Louis, 2016 ).…”

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“We were always doing something outside. … I had a wonderful, wonderful life”: U.S. Indigenous peoples' subsistence, physical activity, and the natural world

McKinley¹

2022

SSM - Qualitative Research in Health

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“…Scholars and teachers are continuing to recognize the ethical imperative of engaging the food system, including issues of sustainability and social justice (House, 2014;Louis, 2016;Murray, 2014). Food provides a tangible medium for connecting communication concepts to personal experience, "anchor[ing] discussions about the ways in which the emotional aspects of the self radiate out to society, and vice versa" (Murray, 2014, p. 479).…”

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Teaching ethos from the dumpster:Diveand food waste rhetoric

Dubisar

Hunt

2017

Communication Teacher

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This unit examines food system waste through the lens of dumpster diving, an alternative food procurement strategy of salvaging food items thrown away by commercial grocers and food retailers. After viewing a short documentary and studying a research report, students will be able to: (1) identify persuasive ethos; (2) critique rhetorical appeals used in food waste and dumpster diving arguments; and (3) practice persuasive ethos by developing arguments to reduce food waste. The goal of this unit is to challenge students to both critique and practice a rhetorical strategy while considering the relationship between food waste and environmental degradation.

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Food as social justice: Critical ethnography as a lens for communication activism

Cited by 4 publications

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“Take care of your families, take care of one another”: Indigenist families and foodways

“Take care of your families, take care of one another”: Indigenist families and foodways

“We were always doing something outside. … I had a wonderful, wonderful life”: U.S. Indigenous peoples' subsistence, physical activity, and the natural world

Teaching ethos from the dumpster:Diveand food waste rhetoric

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