Murky moralities: performing markets in a charitable food aid organization

Andriessen, Thirza; Morrow, Oona; Horst, Hilje van der

doi:10.1080/17530350.2022.2041462

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“…In Europe, some "social supermarkets" distribute fake money-which some might call a single-purpose currency-to clients, who use it to purchase foods with made-up prices. 11 Conflicts arise as distinct moralities clash in this mishmash between a gift setting, where people are expected to act with gratitude and generosity, and a market setting, where the behavioral norm is to take as much and give as little as one can-to seek "deals" and sell to the highest bidder (Andriessen et al, 2022).…”

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“…We are cautioning against pretending to sell food. When the fake-supermarket model includes prices and budgets, for instance, it can reinforce stigma about poor people not knowing how to manage their money (Andriessen et al, 2022). What if, rather than mimicking markets, charities were to emphasize their advantages as non-market distributors: caring relationships, community resilience, waste reduction, and the notion that food should be free?…”

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How the social dignity of recipients is violated and protected across various forms of food aid in high-income countries: a scoping review

Andriessen

Velde

2023

Agric Hum Values

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Scholars have demonstrated that common ways of performing charitable food aid in high-income countries maintain a powerless and alienated status of recipients. Aiming to protect the dignity of recipients, alternative forms of food aid have taken shape. However, an in-depth understanding of dignity in the context of food aid is missing. We undertook a scoping review to outline ways in which the dignity of recipients is violated or protected across various forms of food aid in high-income countries. By bringing scientific results together through a social dignity lens, this paper offers a complex understanding of dignity in the context of food aid. The online database Scopus was used to identify scientific literature addressing food aid in relation to the dignity of recipients in high-income countries. The final selection included 37 articles representing eight forms of food aid in twelve countries. Across diverse forms of food aid, the selected studies report signs of (in)dignity concerning five dimensions: access to food aid, social interactions, the food, the physical space, and needs beyond food. Research gaps are found in the diversity of forms of food aid studied, and the identification of social standards important for recipients. Bringing the results of 37 articles together through a social dignity lens articulates the complex and plural ways in which the dignity of recipients is violated or protected. In addition, this review has demonstrated the usefulness of a social dignity lens to understand dignity across and in particular food aid contexts.

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Bargains, Handouts, and Hand-Me-Downs: Poor Households’ Use of (Re)distribution Systems

Nadai,

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2024

Journal of Poverty

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Murky moralities: performing markets in a charitable food aid organization

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How the social dignity of recipients is violated and protected across various forms of food aid in high-income countries: a scoping review

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