Alimentación, cultura y economía social. Los efectos de la crisis socioeconómica en la alimentación en Cataluña (España)

Abstract

In a period of social and economic crisis like the current one in Europe, and especially in the southern countries, the purchasing power of the population and their access to food can be strongly altered. This crisis, however, is not confined only to the material aspects of food and consumption, but on the other hand, it also implies a broader sociocultural dimension that affects the lifestyles in a bigger comprehensive way. The aim of this paper is to observe how this socio-economic crisis that began in 2008, has affected the consumer habits and lifestyles of the population living in Catalonia (Spain). This has been carried out recently in a fieldwork, interviewing members of different Catalan family structures of different socioeconomic characteristics, through which the actors tell us their views on both how the crisis has affected their food and the strategies that have been implemented to address this forced transformation of their daily food habits.