| dc.description.abstract | Food security is a complicated phenomenon that consists of the intersections of food and people, and
the cultures that people create around food. In general, food security research is concerned with how
people access food, how reliable that access is, how affordable that food is, and how culturally
appropriate that food is. This analysis tends to ignore the complex relationships people have with food
and who these people are. Through the mapping of the Delft food system by remote sensing, surveys
and interviews I create a food atlas that consists of maps of the spatiality of food but also maps of
feelings, anxieties, fears and resilience, all centred around the people of Delft. The results and
discussions of this thesis shows that food security is far more complicated than initially thought and
that there are multiple avenues of inquiry into the lives of people who are considered food insecure.
My research shows that the people of Delft are food insecure but that this label cannot be applied too
liberally as food insecurity has different meanings for various residents and it manifests in various
ways. I explore this through the creation of three women who represent three different classes of
women who live within Delft. | en_US |
