Insect consumption and aesthetic disgust: Using design fiction to imagine novel food experiences
Disgust is a strong emotion influencing human behaviour in many domains, including food choices. For example, many western consumers are hesitant about eating insects. This is understandable as insects have been connected with the emotion of disgust. We conducted two design workshops to gain a bette...
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| description | Disgust is a strong emotion influencing human behaviour in many domains, including food choices. For example, many western consumers are hesitant about eating insects. This is understandable as insects have been connected with the emotion of disgust. We conducted two design workshops to gain a better understanding of factors that can give rise to the emotion of disgust in the context of grasshoppers and explore alternative food design solutions. Based on the insights, we created four design fiction examples to illustrate how disgust can be an integral part of grasshopper consumption. We argue that changing the attitude of Europeans towards novel food items like grasshoppers requires exploring design strategies that neither solely focus on the sustainability benefits of insect consumption nor take disgust to be something that must be circumvented. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-318a9dd9430447f592c82649ef072b4e2025-01-16T21:53:24ZengIntellectInternational Journal of Food Design2056-65222056-65302023-07-019224526510.1386/ijfd_00065_1http://instance.metastore.ingenta.com/content/journals/ijfd/9/2Insect consumption and aesthetic disgust: Using design fiction to imagine novel food experiencesMailin Lemke0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9980-4046ISNI: 0000000120974740 Delft University of TechnologyDisgust is a strong emotion influencing human behaviour in many domains, including food choices. For example, many western consumers are hesitant about eating insects. This is understandable as insects have been connected with the emotion of disgust. We conducted two design workshops to gain a better understanding of factors that can give rise to the emotion of disgust in the context of grasshoppers and explore alternative food design solutions. Based on the insights, we created four design fiction examples to illustrate how disgust can be an integral part of grasshopper consumption. We argue that changing the attitude of Europeans towards novel food items like grasshoppers requires exploring design strategies that neither solely focus on the sustainability benefits of insect consumption nor take disgust to be something that must be circumvented.https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/ijfd_00065_1food culturedisgust experiencefood designgrasshoppersdesign scenariosinsect-based food |
| spellingShingle | Mailin Lemke Insect consumption and aesthetic disgust: Using design fiction to imagine novel food experiences International Journal of Food Design food culture disgust experience food design grasshoppers design scenarios insect-based food |
| title | Insect consumption and aesthetic disgust: Using design fiction to imagine novel food experiences |
| title_full | Insect consumption and aesthetic disgust: Using design fiction to imagine novel food experiences |
| title_fullStr | Insect consumption and aesthetic disgust: Using design fiction to imagine novel food experiences |
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| title_short | Insect consumption and aesthetic disgust: Using design fiction to imagine novel food experiences |
| title_sort | insect consumption and aesthetic disgust using design fiction to imagine novel food experiences |
| topic | food culture disgust experience food design grasshoppers design scenarios insect-based food |
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