Podcasts Technology SOAS Radio Ep 2: Governments, markets, men, women, children - who decides which food is good?

Ep 2: Governments, markets, men, women, children - who decides which food is good?

Published: Nov. 10, 2017, 3:37 p.m.

b"What is good food? A conversation about food decisions made by governments, the market, in the household and among children\\n\\nFrancesca, a PhD researcher in anthropology, affiliated to SOAS and the Thomas Coram Research Unit at UCL\\u2019s Institute of Education reflects on her fieldwork among young children in care and at home in London. Mehroosh, who has recently submitted her PhD thesis in development economics at SOAS, looks out from her research into how food decisions effect households in India. Who decides what food should be farmed, what food is available at subsidised prices, and the shape of religious-moral food prohibitions and possibilities?\\n\\nHosts:\\nFrancesca Vaghi | twitter: @Francesca_Vaghi\\nMehroosh Tak | twitter: @mehr00sh | instagram: @ooshish\\n\\nStudio production: Anna Cohen\\nEditor: Mukta Das\\nMusic: Brandi Simpson Miller\\n\\nWith thanks to SOAS Radio.\\n\\nMusic credits: \\nDouble Down by Silent Partner\\nIt's Always Too Late to Start Over by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license [chriszabriskie.com/]\\nBelief by Silent Partner\\nNext Funk provided by NoCopyright Royalty-Free Musics"