FOOD/HEALTH/ MIGRATION
STRUCTURE VS AGENCY:
HAVE WE MISTAKEN SOCIAL ISSUES FOR PERSONAL TROUBLES?
HAVE WE MISTAKEN SOCIAL ISSUES FOR PERSONAL TROUBLES?
According to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, the Mott Haven section of the Bronx shows the highest rates of obesity, diabetes, and hypertension among adults—far surpassing the rest of the city. Through our research, we begin to unveil the systematic sources of oppression that have woven themselves into food and health resources in the Bronx.
In order to make personal connections between our thesis and real life experiences, we went to the Andrew Jackson Senior Center to collect qualitative data on their members and their experiences with food, health, and migration. Alongside the directors of the center, we are reaching out to community members themselves. It is of utmost importance to us to integrate people's’ dietary experience into the current literature available, and to highlight that people's personal knowledge of food and health should be an essential component of research. We have defined the strong relationship between money, knowledge, and time—and how it can nearly determine one’s relationship with food almost always. Link to AJCC website: https://pssusa.org/jackson/ |