Religious taste: A reflection repertoire for teaching food diversity

Karen Wistoft

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Abstract

Food, taste, and meal cultures change over time according to place and occasion, and food diversity contributes greatly to identity formation. This includes factors like gender, age, religion, ethnic origin, education, occupation, attitudes, emotions, etc. Food education, e.g., home economics education, offers very few guidelines, textbooks, etc. that can guide teachers on how to teach religious taste as an important part of food diversity. The general objective of the present research contribution is to highlight the impact of religious traditions and rituals on food and/or taste education. The research combines theoretical and empirical approaches, including taste philosophy, systems theory, taste didactics, and empirical studies. Moreover, the article uses survey data to illustrate the relevance of teaching food diversity, including religious taste, in food education. The article provides three empirical examples of religious taste, Muslim taste, Jewish taste, and Japanese taste cosmology, as a reflection repertoire for teaching food diversity.

Translated title of the contributionReligiøs smag: Et refleksionsrepertoire til undervisning i madmæssig mangfoldighed
Original languageEnglish
JournalFood Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal
Volume12
Issue2
Pages (from-to)49-63
Number of pages15
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2022

Keywords

  • Food diversity
  • Food education
  • Reflection repertoire
  • Religious taste
  • Taste didactic

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  • TASTE Didactics - Food and Critical Thinking

    Wistoft, K. (PI), Danneskiold-Samsøe, I. (Participant) & Skovmand-Larsen, M. (Participant)

    01/08/202331/08/2027

    Project: Research

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  • SfL 2.0: Smag for Livet - med smagen som brobygger

    Wistoft, K. (Project manager), Mouritsen, O. G. (Project manager), Hedegaard, L.-L. (Project manager), Sørensen, S. (Project manager), Schneider, M. (Project coordinator), Højgaard Christensen, J. (Participant), Stovgaard, M. (Participant), Thrane, C. (Participant) & Brahe, T. (Participant)

    01/07/201830/06/2021

    Project: Research

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  • SmagForLivet

    Mouritsen, O. G. (Applicant), Wistoft, K. (Project manager), Leer, J. (Participant), Højlund, S. (Participant) & Povlsen, K. K. (Participant)

    01/07/201430/06/2018

    Project: Research

  • Akiko Ueno

    Wistoft, K. (Host)

    23 Aug 202326 Aug 2023

    Activity: Hosting a visitor typesHosting an academic visitor

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  • Food Studies 2022

    Wistoft, K. (Participant)

    23 Oct 202224 Oct 2022

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in or organisation af a conference

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  • Forskningssymposium Madmæssig Mangfoldighed i Madkundskabsdidaktik

    Wistoft, K. (Organizer)

    26 Aug 2022

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in or organisation of workshop, seminar or course

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