The trans-local cultural production of food is one of the most hotly debated research agendas and becomes emergingly significant in the area of food geography. Despite the long-term discussion on the paradox of authenticity versus standardization of food and the theoretical exploration on the food consumption context versus producers’ strategy, there is still a lack of interpretation from the views of food consumers, especially the fundamental value of food, namely food authenticity, food safety and food health. Given these shortcomings, this study proposed a three-dimensional framework including food authenticity, food safety and food health and based on this theoretical framework, this paper discussed different perceptions of the three elements from both food producers and consumers. This paper mainly discussed the negotiation process of food authenticity and food safety in the context of mobility and especially the tourism mobility; the second topic is the co-production of food authenticity and food health in the context of (re-)localization and particularly the destruction of global food network on local lifestyle and food perception; the third research agenda is the dis-continuum of food safety and food health in the process of modernization and the uniqueness of food value among different consumers. Furthermore, this research envisions the new directions on food research through both the view of food production and consumption and the integration of natural science and social science, which will promote the sustainable food culture production system in the near future.
Keywords:the production of food culture
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authenticity
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food safety
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food health
ZENGGuojun, WANGLongjie. Production of Food Culture: Authenticity, Food Safety and Food Health[J]. Tourism and Hospitality Prospects, 2018, 2(4): 15-16 https://doi.org/10.12054/lydk.bisu.74
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全球化远非一个去地方化的过程,而是一个在全新关系体系中重新定义地方性,并生产出新的地方性的过程。全球化背景下,人和企业的频繁迁移突破了以往的既定边界,形成了越来越多的“跨地方(translocality)”。而饮食的地方性是食品之源,是基于全球化背景对“地方身份(place identity)”的最好表征。伴随人文地理的“批判”转向和“文化”转向,饮食地理(Geographies of Food )成为文化地理学的重要议题。Progress in Human Geography杂志曾三次报道“饮食地理学”研究相关进展。Social & Cultural Geography杂志也曾专门发表“饮食新文化地理”专题文章。这些研究都充分考虑到饮食生产和消费空间中的文化问题,成为饮食地理研究的先锋。对于饮食的研究,已经吸引了包括地方营销、文化与原真性、全球化等领域研究者的关注。
There has been a dispute in academia as to whether globalization is the displacement of locality, or the process of redefinition, reproduction and highlighting of locality. Against the background of globalization, previously local food travels translocally with the frequent migration of people. Translocal restaurants strive to keep authenticity and meet the demands of non-local customers. The focus of translocal restaurants' culture production lies in how to keep authenticity, and what kind of authenticity to achieve. This study reviews the literature of locality, translocality, authenticity and symbolization. Based on a theoretically informed analysis of authenticity of restaurants' culture, this paper attempts to reveal an important process of translocal restaurants' culture production: symbolization of authenticity. In this study, authenticity refers to the characteristics of restaurants' culture perceived by customers, which is investigated from a constructive authenticity view. Symbolization is the process of transforming objects into symbols. Symbolized objects are easier to be recognized. Symbolization of authenticity is the realization process of authenticity imprinted by a number of clues, such as food, service, decoration and atmosphere. Translocal restaurants actualize culture production through the symbolization of authenticity. Meanwhile, this study demonstrates the necessity of the symbolization of authenticity and its circular process. It can provide a theoretical and practical basis for culture production of translocal restaurants, as well as to understand the diffusion, innovation, and development of food culture.