Abstract
Introduction.
Food is an identifier and maker of class, culture and
civilization (Coveney, 2014, p2) and its symbolic potential
is powerful, both individually and collectively within
society. Yet, because food sits at the intersection of
multifarious disciplines, it feeds into a highly complex and
often contradictory, nuanced and politically-driven social
justice discourse. COVID-19 and the 2020 “lockdown”
has ‘shone a light’ on all that is precarious within our
food and health systems. The pandemic, which has been
termed a ‘crisis on a crisis’, has forced yet more people
into food insecurity (Loopstra, 2020) suggesting a
further accentuation of social and nutritional inequalities
when it comes to food access and availability. The
aftermath of the pandemic is set to have catastrophic
global implications, with long term social and economic
consequences projected to reach ‘humanitarian disaster’
levels (Lancet, 2020).
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 4-11 |
Number of pages | 0 |
Journal | Critical Dietetics |
Volume | 5 |
Issue number | 3 |
Early online date | 10 May 2021 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 10 May 2021 |