Health crisis and food crisis

This line of research examines the social repercussions of health emergencies and food crises on communities.

It analyses how these crises affect everyday practices related to health, food and food security, exploring the responses and adaptations of communities in different contexts. The approach seeks to understand the complex interactions between health and food in the context of crisis situations, providing insight into the cultural and social dynamics involved.

The following members of CRITS conduct research within this line of inquiry:
• Jordi Gascón: agricultural policies
• Cristina Larrea: environmental risks and food uncertainties
• Sílvia Bofill: dependency care
• Irene Sabaté: alternative food provisioning methods
• Camila del Mármol: agrarian transformations, rural change
• Ferran Estrada: agroecology and new agriculture

Projects within this line of research:

Eating Matters: Environmental risks and food uncertainties among older people. PI: Cristina Larrea Killinger.

Trust and responsibility in food consumption among pregnant and lactating women in Spain: narratives and ethnographies on the risks of internal contamination by PTCs. PI: Cristina Larrea Killinger.

Toxic Bodies: sociocultural ethnoepidemiology of internal contamination by Persistent Toxic Compounds (PTCs) in Spain. PI: Cristina Larrea Killinger.

Food and the elderly. Choosing foods, consuming meals. Supporting independence and quality of life among older people. General PI: Margaret Lumbers and Monique Raats (University of Surrey, UK); UB PI: Jesús Contreras; Sílvia Bofill-Poch