BETWEEN MEALS, SUBJECTIVITIES, SCIENCE AND ANTHROPOLOGY: AN ACADEMIC PATH OF JESUS CONTRERAS

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  • Anelise Rizzolo de Oliveira Universidade de Brasília

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12957/demetra.2017.29917

Abstract

INTRODUCING THE INTERVIEWEE

Anthropology of Food is a very broad field of study, with researchers and contributions from different theoretical currents. Jesús Contreras Hernández is one of these academic personalities and in contemporary times he is certainly one of those who have given us important contributions.

He has had a long career, going through themes that dialogue with numerous methods and ideas in culturally distinct territories. Until 2017, he was a professor at the Faculty of History and Geography in the Department of Social Anthropology at University of Barcelona. His professional career begins in South America, in the Andes, and then reconnects with his origins in Spain, passing between Economic and Food Anthropology. The most recent investigations have focused on consumption practices, with emphasis on food processes and changes. He has developed several innovative studies on social relations and eating.

He is the author of more than 20 books and dozens of scientific articles. Among his main books are: Subsistencia, ritual y poder en los Andes (1986), Antropología de la alimentación (1993), Alimentación y cultura: necesidades, gustos y costumbres (1995), Los productos de la tierra (2003), Sabores del Mediterráneo (2005), Alimentación y cultura. Perspectivas antropológicas (2005) and Alimentación, sociedad y cultura (2011).

The varied and dense intellectual production line defines his profile and instigates us to look for the paths that have led him to Anthropology, from production to food consumption, in a conversation that begins with material bases, dialectically articulating them to what is symbolic.

This interview was designed as an integral part of postdoctoral activities in Food Anthropology conducted by Anelise Rizzolo at Observatorio de la Alimentación (ODELA) at University of Barcelona. The conversation was planned based on an open script with two central axes: to know Jesús’ professional path and, in a way, how he became a researcher in the field of Food Anthropology, and discuss current and emerging issues in this field of science.

Jesús Contreras talked about all topics with vigor and disposition in a cold morning in January 2017 in his room at the Faculty of History and Geography. That same month, he retired, after teaching his last class in the Course of Graduation in Anthropology.

DOI: 10.12957/demetra.2017.29917

 

Author Biography

Anelise Rizzolo de Oliveira, Universidade de Brasília

Possui graduação em Nutrição pela Universidade Federal de Pelotas (1994), especialização em saúde pública, Mestrado em Saúde Pública pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (2003) , Doutorado em Política Social pela Universidade de Brasília e Pós Doutorado no ODELA - Observatório de La Alimentación da Universitat de Barcelona - España (em curso). É professora adjunta do Departamento de Nutrição da Faculdade de Saúde da Universidade de Brasília. Integra o GT Alimentação e Nutrição em Saúde Coletiva da ABRASCO, é Conselheira do Conselho Nacional de Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional - CONSEA e Pesquisadora Associada do Observatório de Políticas de Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional - OPSAN/UNB. Com perfil interdisciplinar, tem experiência na área de saúde coletiva, políticas públicas e direitos sociais, atualmente, com ênfase em segurança alimentar e nutricional, educação e formação em saúde e alimentação e nutrição e ciências sociais.

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2017-09-08

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de Oliveira, A. R. (2017). BETWEEN MEALS, SUBJECTIVITIES, SCIENCE AND ANTHROPOLOGY: AN ACADEMIC PATH OF JESUS CONTRERAS. DEMETRA: Food, Nutrition & Health, 12(3), 795–800. https://doi.org/10.12957/demetra.2017.29917

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Vol. 12 No. 3 (2017): THEMATIC ISSUE " TEACHING, SCIENCE AND HEALTH: CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES"

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