Journal
YOUNG
Volume 29, Issue 5, Pages 490-507Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/1103308820988000
Keywords
Foodscape; informal learning; learning environment; youth work; youth centres
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This study examines youth centres as foodscapes and how aspects of these centres support young people's food-related learning. The results suggest that active participation and collaboration with peers are crucial for inspiring and educating young people in youth centres.
Although not adequately studied in the research on youth work, food is and has been an integral element of youth centres. This article examines what characterizes youth centres as foodscapes and explores which aspects of youth centres support the food-related learning of young people. We merge the traditions of youth work research, food education and learning. The data of the study consist of two rounds of focus group interviews (N = 14) conducted with young people aged 13 to 17. The data are qualitatively analysed using the five aspects meal model, which was developed to analyse foodscapes. The results of this study suggest that when youth centres, as foodscapes, are based on the active participation of young people and offer them opportunities to have an influence on the activities and work with peers, it is easier for young people to be inspired and learn.
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