Project
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Funded by Economic and Social Research Council.
This ESRC funded project explored the ways in which issues of care and control of children are related to food practices and identity within the context of residential care homes. We found that the provision and consumption of food can be a site of contestation, conflict and of power asymmetries within these institutional settings. We adopted an interdisciplinary approach building on, and developing, previous work from the sociology of childhood and social work. The research involved ethnographic orientated studies of three residential care units in Scotland. Everyday interactions surrounding food practices were observed and interviews were carried out with children and staff.
Total award value £159,272.00
Professor, Sociology, Social Policy & Criminology
Professor, Social Work
Article
Cox R, Emond R, Punch S, McIntosh I, Hall K, Simpson A & Skouteris H (2017) "It's not as easy as saying, 'just get them to eat more veggies'": Exploring healthy eating in residential care in Australia. Appetite, 117, pp. 275-283. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2017.07.004
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Food and Feelings in Residential Child Care
Emond R, McIntosh I & Punch S (2014) Food and Feelings in Residential Child Care. British Journal of Social Work, 44 (7), pp. 1840-1856. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bct009
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Punch S & McIntosh I (2014) 'Food is a funny thing within residential childcare': Intergenerational relationships and food practices in residential care. Childhood, 21 (1), pp. 72-86. https://doi.org/10.1177/0907568213481814
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McIntosh I, Punch S, Dorrer N & Emond R (2010) 'You don't have to be watched to make your toast': surveillance and food practices within residential care for young people. Surveillance and Society, 7 (3/4), pp. 287-300. http://www.surveillance-and-society.org/ojs/index.php/journal/article/viewArticle/toast
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Children's food practices in families and institutions
Punch S, McIntosh I & Emond R (2010) Children's food practices in families and institutions. Children's Geographies, 8 (3), pp. 227-231. https://doi.org/10.1080/14733285.2010.494861
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Children and food practices in residential care: Ambivalence in the 'institutional' home
Dorrer N, McIntosh I, Punch S & Emond R (2010) Children and food practices in residential care: Ambivalence in the 'institutional' home. Children's Geographies, 8 (3), pp. 247-259. https://doi.org/10.1080/14733285.2010.494863