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Gastronomy: An Overlooked Arena for the Cultivation of Sustainable Meaning?
Örebro University, School of Hospitality, Culinary Arts & Meal Science.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3276-7244
Örebro University, School of Hospitality, Culinary Arts & Meal Science.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3875-6300
Department of Education and Lifelong Learning, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway.
Örebro University, School of Hospitality, Culinary Arts & Meal Science.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9820-9800
2023 (English)In: Challenges, E-ISSN 2078-1547, Vol. 14, no 4, p. 1-20Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This article explores sustainable development from a gastronomic perspective. Humanistic perspectives on food offered by gastronomy are explored as an asset in cultivating self-awareness capacities needed for sustainable transformations of society. The purpose is to explore how gastronomes can cultivate understandings and explanations of sustainability to be conveyed to individuals via meals. In semi-annually recurring dialogic interviews, four university-educated gastronomes cultivated their understandings and explanations of sustainability, and modeled how these could be communicated to other individuals. The dialogues gradually brought the ideas of the researcher and the participants toward a common explanation of the potential ways gastronomic competency could advance sustainable development. The results highlight two ways of understanding gastronomic sustainability: functionally as practical communication, and formally as a cultural issue. Based on H.G. Gadamer’s idea of bildung as hermeneutic interpretation, we argue that self-awareness is a process which is rooted in how knowledge is interpreted, understood, and explained by the individual. Practical participation in culturally influenced meals makes gastronomy a bridge between individual and societal issues, whereby gastronomic competencies can cultivate sustainable commitment, judgment, and community. In this way, gastronomic sustainability represents an approach to sustainable development that, significantly, also involves the cultivation of sustainable meaning.

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MDPI, 2023. Vol. 14, no 4, p. 1-20
Keywords [en]
meal, gastronomic competence, sustainability, bildung, inner capacities, self-awareness, dialogue, hermeneutics, practical knowledge, culinary arts and meal science
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Peace and Conflict Studies Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified
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Culinary Arts and Meal Science
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URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-109366DOI: 10.3390/challe14040041OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-109366DiVA, id: diva2:1806602
Available from: 2023-10-23 Created: 2023-10-23 Last updated: 2026-02-17Bibliographically approved
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1. Erfarenheternas gastronomi – en dialog mellan måltider, bildning och mänsklig förståelse
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Erfarenheternas gastronomi – en dialog mellan måltider, bildning och mänsklig förståelse
2026 (Swedish)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Abstract [sv]

Denna avhandling utforskar hur gastronomiska kunskapserfarenheter flätar samman inre och mellanmänskliga perspektiv på vår tids samhällsfrågor. Här integreras den hermeneutiska idén om bildning med gastronomiska idéer om samspelet mellan teori, praktik och konst i måltider.

Avhandlingen utforskar hur den akademiska traditionen kring gastronomi erbjuder en ansats till kunskapsbaserad samhällsutveckling. Genom studier av bland annat måltidsformgivning och vinprovning, söks en djupare förståelse för människors strävanden att utveckla kunskap, tillämpa den och låta den sätta avtryck i gastronomiska sammanhang. Vidare undersöks idéer om gastronomins potential att främja hållbar utveckling när självmedvetenhet och samhällsengagemang odlas över tid i människors arbete med måltidsupplevelser.

Bildning utforskas också i kunskapsutbytena mellan akademi och gastronomiska yrkesverksamheter. Med hjälp av biografiska och dialogiska metoder studeras yrkesverksamma gastronomers sätt att sammanföra sina idéer med erfarenheter till meningsskapande. Genom att tillämpa hermeneutisk analys och tolkning utifrån ett hermeneutiskt bildningsideal utforskas hur individuella måltidserfarenheter kan bidra i kulturella och medborgerliga strävanden.

Denna avhandling etablerar idéer om bildning i diskussioner om det transformativa hos gastronomin. Forskningsresultaten framställer gastronomin som ett forum för samhällsutveckling. Denna forskning erbjuder insikter i hur gastronomisk bildning kan forma ett samspel mellan individuella och kollektiva aspekter på utveckling.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Örebro: Örebro University, 2026. p. 141
Series
Örebro Studies in Culinary Arts and Meal Science, ISSN 1652-2974 ; 20
Keywords
Gastronomi, bildning, kunskap, samhällsutveckling, dialog, tolkning, hermeneutisk metod
National Category
Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-125675 (URN)9789175297484 (ISBN)9789175297491 (ISBN)
Public defence
2026-03-12, Campus Grythyttan, Gastronomiska teatern, Sörälgsvägen 2, Grythyttan, 09:00 (Swedish)
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Available from: 2025-12-16 Created: 2025-12-16 Last updated: 2026-02-23Bibliographically approved

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