ABSTRACT

The study of sustainable food consumption is key in the transformation of current unsustainable food systems. We explore the tensions that emerge between individual motives and sustainability spheres when making food consumption choices in a university community in Bogotá, Colombia. This complex phenomenon is addressed through a qualitative methodology based on observations, visual diaries, and a game-based protocol, which allow us to delve into food consumption motives while trying to avoid social desirability bias. Our results show a plate that is high in cereals, roots, tubers, plantains, and animal-based protein, and low in vegetables, fruits, and plant-based proteins. Behind this plate, most tensions emerge between family traditions and other sustainability spheres. These tensions are related to socio-affective risks, animal suffering, time constraints, effort, and monetary costs. Integrating sociocultural elements such as family traditions in public policy becomes fundamental when promoting sustainable diets in similar contexts. This study contributes to the discussion about the sociocultural changes required in the transition toward sustainable food systems.

摘要

可持续食品消费的研究是转变当前不可持续的食品系统的关键。我们探讨了在哥伦比亚波哥大的一所大学社区做出食品消费选择时个人动机和可持续发展领域之间出现的紧张关系。这种复杂的现象是通过基于观察、视觉日记和基于游戏的协议的定性方法来解决的，这使我们能够深入研究食物消费动机，同时试图避免社会期望偏差。我们的结果显示，一个盘子的谷物、块根、块茎、大蕉和动物性蛋白质含量高，而蔬菜、水果和植物性蛋白质含量低。在这个板块的背后，家庭传统和其他可持续发展领域之间出现了大多数紧张关系。这些紧张关系与社会情感风险、动物痛苦、时间限制、努力和金钱成本。在类似背景下推广可持续饮食时，将家庭传统等社会文化元素纳入公共政策变得至关重要。本研究有助于讨论向可持续粮食系统过渡所需的社会文化变化。