ON THE WAY TO SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLES: CHANGES IN FOOD PRACTICES IN SLOVAKIA
ON THE WAY TO SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLES: CHANGES IN FOOD PRACTICES IN SLOVAKIA

Author(s): Alexandra Bitušíková
Subject(s): Agriculture, Sociology of Culture, Financial Markets, Globalization
Published by: Ústav etnológie a sociálnej antropológie Slovenskej akadémie vied
Keywords: Sustainable lifestyles; Food practices in Slovakia; Globalisation; Food activism;
Summary/Abstract: The paper is an introduction to the study of local activism focused on practices leading to sustainable lifestyles, alternative food systems, food networks and foodways in Slovakia (on the example of the city and region of Banská Bystrica in Central Slovakia). New food and eating practices reflect the adaptation to globalisation and the trends associated with it. Import and consumption of foods from global food chains and the use of global pattern in eating (e.g .fast food) lead to seeking alternative and more sustainable forms of obtaining food. Globalisation therefore not only brought new products, but also new models of alternative ways of life. In the last two decades, the Slovak society underwent a rapid transformation from socialist economy to market economy and studying the adaptation of the people to the changes in political-economic institutions and socio-cultural forms, norms, values and customs is interesting yet complicated regarding the dynamics and the instability of the development.

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