(Dis)comfort food: connecting food, social media, and first-year college undergraduates. (15th March 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Pennell, Michael
• Is Part Of: Food, culture, & society. Volume 21:Number 2(2018)
• Page Start: 255
• Page End: 270
• Publication Date: 2018-03-15
• Subjects: Social media -- food studies -- pedagogy -- technology -- boundaries; Food -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; Nutrition policy -- Periodicals; 641
• DOI: 10.1080/15528014.2018.1429074
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1751-7443

Abstract

Abstract: This paper argues for, and reflects on, the introduction of social and mobile media into food studies pedagogies. Specifically, the paper describes the complications resulting from a pedagogical experiment addressing the rise and effects of "food porn" or "foodtography" alongside the tensions inherent in social network sites and higher education. Ultimately, such a review leads to the introduction of Georg Simmel and his use of boundaries as a lens through which to view the classroom discomfort expressed in food-related course projects.