Abstract
Food has been observed as a ‘trigger’ for memory in elderly people, living in sheltered housing, within the city of Dundee. Observing the social, spatial and temporal dimensions that have been threaded through the narratives, this research examines the contemporary and historical ‘lived experiences’ of food throughout their life course histories. It has been suggested that ‘memory’ could be considered a ‘sensory’ recipient of the body. (Sutton, 2011) Using qualitative methods to stimulate the ‘natural conversation’, this research allows the synaesthetic responses to food unleash the ‘unconscious lived experience’ of food, as it becomes the ‘conscious remembrance’ of life, through its presentations of social change, situated within an urban landscape. The patterns of movement through food purchase will highlight the ‘differences’ in ‘past and present’ consumer habits, whilst locating the significance of ‘place’ within the temporal dimensions of memories for the elderly people of Dundee.
| Original language | English |
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| Type | Masters Thesis |
| Media of output | Master of Science in Social Research Methods |
| Publisher | University of Dundee |
| Number of pages | 112 |
| Place of Publication | Dundee |
| Publication status | Published - 2012 |
Keywords
- Food
- memories
- synaesthesia
- elderly
- life course
- social
- spatial
- temporal
