pensando sobre el riesgo alimentario y su aceptabilidad: el caso de los alimentos transgénicos thoughts on eating risk and its acceptability: the case of transgenic food
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Abstract
En la última década se han llevado a cabo numerosos trabajos con el objetivo de analizar la percepción social de la seguridad alimentaria y, en particular, las representaciones sociales del riesgo. La mayoría de estos estudios tratan de dar respuesta a por qué ha ido aumentando la percepción negativa que la población tiene sobre determinadas aplicaciones tecnológicas en los alimentos y, en general, sobre la alimentación industrial justo en el momento en que la comida es muy abundante, la cadena alimentaria está más controlada que nunca, la esperanza de vida de las personas ha alcanzado los niveles más altos o los problemas de salud relacionados con la alimentación, aún persistiendo, tienen unas dimensiones menos dramáticas que en épocas anteriores. Se insiste, sin embargo, en la idea de que hoy sabemos menos o poco acerca de lo que comemos. Si bien es cierto que una parte de esta valoración negativa se puede atribuir a los cambios habidos en las nuevas formas de vida y a la separación que se ha producido entre las actividades de la población y la producción o preparación de sus alimentos, otra parte se debe a la sucesión de las diferentes alertas y crisis alimentarias que a lo largo de este periodo se han producido en el contexto europeo y de las importantes consecuencias que han tenido en términos políticos, económicos y sociales. En este sentido, el debate público surgido en torno a los organismos modificados genéticamente y, en particular, los alimentos transgénicos constituyen un caso paradigmático para ilustrar desde una perspectiva antropológica la variabilidad cultural respecto a su aceptación o rechazo.
In the last decade, numerous studies have analysed society's perception of eating safety and, in particular, the social representations of risk. Most of these studies attempt to explain why the negative perception that people have of certain technological applications in food and, in general, of industrial food has increased just when food is abundant, the food chain is under greater control than ever before, life expectancy is at an all time high and food-related health problems, although they still exist, have less dramatic consequences than in previous ages. It is stressed, however, that today we know less or little about what we eat. Although it is true that this negative assessment is partly due to the changes in the new ways of life and the fact that the activities of the population have become separated from food production or preparation, it is also partly due to the succession of food-related incidents and crises that have taken place in the European context and the important political, economic and social consequences that they have had. In this respect, the public debate that has arisen around genetically modified organisms and, particularly, transgenic food is a paradigmatic case that illustrates the cultural diversity in relation to their acceptability or repulse from the anthropological perspective.
In the last decade, numerous studies have analysed society's perception of eating safety and, in particular, the social representations of risk. Most of these studies attempt to explain why the negative perception that people have of certain technological applications in food and, in general, of industrial food has increased just when food is abundant, the food chain is under greater control than ever before, life expectancy is at an all time high and food-related health problems, although they still exist, have less dramatic consequences than in previous ages. It is stressed, however, that today we know less or little about what we eat. Although it is true that this negative assessment is partly due to the changes in the new ways of life and the fact that the activities of the population have become separated from food production or preparation, it is also partly due to the succession of food-related incidents and crises that have taken place in the European context and the important political, economic and social consequences that they have had. In this respect, the public debate that has arisen around genetically modified organisms and, particularly, transgenic food is a paradigmatic case that illustrates the cultural diversity in relation to their acceptability or repulse from the anthropological perspective.
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| Authors | ;Mabel Gracia Arnaiz |
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| Year | 2004 |
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