The diasporic meatscapes of the Tamil community in Toronto: How immigrants reconfigure food environments and infrastructures to secure a taste of home

Bruckert Michaël. 2023. The diasporic meatscapes of the Tamil community in Toronto: How immigrants reconfigure food environments and infrastructures to secure a taste of home. Food, Culture and Society, 22 p.

Résumé : Although scholars have studied how people navigate their foodscapes, little research has addressed together the way immigrants experience and shape their food environments. This article explores how the members of the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora eat and purchase meat in Toronto, and how they reconfigure the food infrastructures in the city. Unpacking the intertwined politics and practices of food consumption and distribution, it contributes to a dynamic and relational approach to migrant food environments. Drawing on observations and open-ended interviews with members of the Tamil community and with Tamil food entrepreneurs, I argue that, in Toronto, Tamils give specific materialities and meanings to their food environments and food practices, turning what I call “culinary affordances” into suitable meat and meatscapes for the community. Diasporic foodscapes connect different locations – real or fantasized, close or distant, endured or lamented – notably through immigrants' quest for home specific foods.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : systèmes alimentaires, comportement alimentaire, population allochtone, comportement culturel, préférence alimentaire, consommation alimentaire, population urbaine, zone urbaine, anthropologie sociale

Mots-clés géographiques Agrovoc : Canada, Ontario

Mots-clés libres : Environnement alimentaire, Food environment, Systèmes alimentaires, Migration, Villes

Classification Agris : S01 - Nutrition humaine - Considérations générales
U70 - Sciences humaines et sociales

Champ stratégique Cirad : CTS 3 (2019-) - Systèmes alimentaires

Agences de financement hors UE : Canada Research Chairs

Auteurs et affiliations

• Bruckert Michaël, CIRAD-ES-UMR INNOVATION (LAO) ORCID: 0000-0002-2809-3558 - auteur correspondant

Source : Cirad-Agritrop (https://agritrop.cirad.fr/609751/)

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