Sentidos e práticas do consumo dos alimentos da agricultura familiar por atores gastronômicos na cidade do Rio de Janeiro

• Autor(a) principal: Pereira, Clarissa Magalhães do Vale
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UERJ
• Texto Completo: http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/handle/1/18847
• topic: Food System; Family Agriculture; Gastronomy; Sustainable Food Consumption; Food and Nutrition Security; Sociologie; Système Alimentaire; Agriculture Familiale; Gastronomie; Consommation Alimentaire Durable; Sécurité Alimentaire et Nutritionnelle; Sociologia; Sistema Alimentar; Agricultura familiar; Gastronomia; Consumo Sustentável de Alimentos; Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional; CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::NUTRICAO::DIETETICA

Gastronomy has emerged as an important and complex phenomenon in contemporary societies. Its practices go beyond the dynamics of the kitchen and become a potential space for us to analyze, not just the aesthetics at the table, but values and symbolism that are an expression of historically deep-seated social relations. To achieve, at first, we seek to understand issues related to the food system and agricultural production in Brazil. In a second moment, we present the trajectory of gastronomy, understanding it as a cultural expression and we go through some studies that approach the interplay between gastronomy and family farming. The theoretical and methodological paths intersect with the concepts of consumption and distinction of Néstor García Canclini and Pierre Bourdieu, respectively. We turn to national authors such as Fatima Portilho who position food consumption as a way to materialize and draw attention to public values and concerns such as environmental and social ones. From these theoretical lenses and the research scenario centered on restaurants in the city of Rio de Janeiro, we seek to analyze the interactions established between family farming producers and gastronomic players. In order to carry out this study, an integrative literature review, analysis of digital content, observation and interviews with Chefs who subscribe to family farming and their respective producers were used as research techniques. For optimal insights on the referred landscape, data analysis was performed based on the procedures described by John W. Creswell. When analyzing the literature, we saw a lack of studies relating to food production and contemporary Brazilian gastronomy in the field of Food and Nutrition. In the process of investigating the dynamics between gastronomy and family farming, we noticed two stronger discourses succeeding, one that stands out in large circulation newspapers and is linked to the maintenance of consumption patterns and another in independent newspapers that includes the discussion policy on inequality in the distribution of resources. The field research was in agreement with the results found in the journalistic narratives in relation to the consumption of food from family farming, which was centered on certain products considered unique and capitalizes on the Chefs, while making the farmers invisible. The results demonstrate that it is relevant to look at the uptake of products from family farming as objects of consumption and distinctive codes. The research findings provide elements for the debate on the use of these foods and the interaction that is established between gastronomic players and farmers as a scientific problem, it can contribute to the discussion of social problems arising from the current model of the dominant food system, as well as from potential alternatives.