This paper analyzes consumption practices and dumpster diving among squatting communities in London. By rejecting the cultural environment which endorses rules of production and distribution of goods, squatters choose to consume food that has already been expelled by the mainstream economic system. Appealing to recent scholarship in this field, the way in which food is transformed and recategorized compels us to rethink Lévi-Strauss’s culinary triangle. Food items, once fallen into the category of rotten, acquire new values and even change their properties from the squatters’ perspective, redefining not only what is good to eat, but also what is considered ethical and acceptable. Drawing upon classical literature engaging with theories of value in anthropology, I will show how political tastes interact and sometimes contradict individual tastes and desires. Moreover, I will analyze how reclaimed food items are reinserted into an exchange network that reflects the political values and objectives of the social actors.

本文分析了伦敦蹲便社区之间的消费习惯和垃圾箱潜水。通过拒绝认可商品生产和分配规则的文化环境，擅自占地者选择消费已经被主流经济体系驱逐的食物。对这一领域最近的研究产生吸引力的是，食物的转化和重新分类的方式迫使我们重新考虑列维-斯特劳斯的烹饪三角。曾经属于烂食品的食品，从the屋者的角度出发，甚至获取新的价值，甚至改变其属性，不仅重新定义了美食，而且重新定义了道德和可接受的事物。我将借鉴涉及人类学价值理论的古典文学，来说明政治品味如何相互作用，有时与个人品味和欲望相矛盾。此外，我将分析回收的食品如何重新插入到交换网络中，以反映社会行为者的政治价值观和目标。