Freeganin w kłopotach. Aksjologiczny stosunek do brudu i pożywienia
Freegans in trouble. The axiological relationship between dirt and food

Summary/Abstract: This article is based on ethnographic research conducted among freegans in 2021. It explores issues of valuation linked to the cultural categories of food and dirt, which come together in a surprising way in the phenomenon of freeganism. The main questions addressed in the article are: why does the practice of freeganism arouse social controversy and even disgust? How do the participants of the movement deal with this confusion of axiologies - of dirt and food - that blatantly disrupts the cultural order? Using Mary Douglas'es structuralist theory of dirt (drawn primarily from her book Purity and Danger) and my field material, I also demonstrate the connections between freegan ethics, the phenomenon of wastefulness and the status of trash in culture, which freegans often consider to be arbitrarily and unjustifiably assigned.

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