Estética y Desperdicio de Alimentos: Comprender las preferencias y elecciones de los consumidores de frutas y hortalizas

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33448/rsd-v13i3.45365

Palabras clave:

Frutas; Verduras; Estética; Desperdicio; Consumo.

Resumen

El objetivo central de este artículo es comprender la relación entre la estética, el consumo y el desperdicio de alimentos, en particular frutas, verduras y hortalizas (FV), y cómo esto determina tanto los patrones de consumo como el desperdicio de estos alimentos. Y también, como objetivo secundario, señalar algunas formas de reevaluar los patrones de consumo actuales y establecer otros nuevos, con el objetivo de minimizar el desperdicio de FV. A través de una revisión narrativa de la literatura que abarca las áreas de filosofía, artes, ciencias del consumo (marketing, comportamiento del consumidor, etc.), ciencias de los alimentos e historia, principalmente, y sociología, economía y psicología, secundarias, el artículo utiliza las categorías estéticas de belleza y feo, perfecto e imperfecto, así como el concepto de juicio estético para completar un breve recorrido histórico de la estética, y no sólo comprender las preferencias y elecciones de los consumidores por los FV considerados “bellos” y estéticamente perfectos, así como las consecuencias de dichas preferencias y decisiones sobre el bienestar social y el medio ambiente. Utilizando los conceptos de “estética cotidiana” y “estética imperfeccionista”, así como “artevismo alimentario” y “gastropolítica”, la obra explora el potencial del arte y la gastronomía para, a través de la experiencia estética, resaltar cuestiones éticas relacionadas con el consumo y el desperdicio de alimentos, con el objetivo de contribuir a repensar conceptos y estándares rígidos y estereotipados.

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Publicado

29/03/2024

Cómo citar

KNOPP, G. da C. .; SOARES, E. L. A. . Estética y Desperdicio de Alimentos: Comprender las preferencias y elecciones de los consumidores de frutas y hortalizas. Research, Society and Development, [S. l.], v. 13, n. 3, p. e11713345365, 2024. DOI: 10.33448/rsd-v13i3.45365. Disponível em: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/45365. Acesso em: 19 may. 2024.

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Ciencias Humanas y Sociales