Food & Critical Thinking" conference (Regards croisés en Sciences Humaines)
France ARBOIX-CALAS and the MARESON Chair
Monday, April 28, 2025 from 5pm to 7pm
Young researchers" session from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Room A109 or by videoconference: registration here
At the dawn of this third millennium, marked by the era of "transitions", eating has become an act that places the question of choice at the forefront. Consumers' food choices have an environmental, health and social impact that can no longer be ignored. This choice is becoming all the more complex as Northern countries find themselves in a situation of unprecedented food abundance. Very often today, the main problem facing the eater is no longer finding enough to eat, but knowing what to choose in a context of plethoric supply. And it would seem that the modern eater is adapting rather poorly to this context, if the increase in metabolic diseases in these countries over the last few years is anything to go by.
To adapt to this context of food abundance, the eater has to make choices. Faced with high-profile food safety risks, and diverse and often contradictory pressures (advertising, health messages, environmental concerns, etc.), can eaters really keep control of their food choices? How can critical thinking help them to eat better, to make better choices for themselves, for others, for the planet?
As part of Universciences' "Springtime of the Critical Mind" program, a number of researchers from the human and social sciences, from different disciplines (Marketing, Education and Training, Sociology), will be taking part in a discussion on the role of the critical mind in food.
