Research repository - Queen Margaret University: Recent submissions
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Feeding Ourselves: Exploring the relationship between Instagram users of Edinburgh and the food they eat
(2020)“We need to relearn the food experiences that first shaped us” (Wilson 2015, p.23). With more than 383 million posts on #food alone on Instagram, and vast more tags that are food-related with each of them linking to more ... -
Examining Food Security in Singapore During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Necessarily Exploratory Study
(2020)This dissertation was designed to assess Singapore’s current and projected food security based on the national response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and projected impacts of the country’s emerging ... -
Migrants from Hong Kong to Scotland: A study of food and identity
(2020)The aim of this research is to further understand the role of food in constructing and expressing cultural identity, specifically in regards to individuals from Hong Kong who have relocated to Scotland. Behaviours around ... -
Extra kg’s, a fiancée & extreme satisfaction: The experiences and motivations of bread bakers in times of Covid-19
(2020)This research project investigated the previously unexplored phenomenon of the rise in popularity of bread baking during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown in 2020. Adopting an inductive approach to theory building, a wide-ranging ... -
A Picture of Policy: An analysis of how the media framed Scottish Government public health policy in 2018, and what were the potential implications of that on public perception
(2020)Media and food choice can both be considered to be key cultural identifiers, and are often divided across socio-economic lines. Scotland is known for health problems pertaining to diets high in sugar and alcohol, and the ...