Deciphering a Non-Meal: Pantawid-Gutom and the Everyday Negotiation of Hunger in the Philippines

• Main Authors: Lasco, Gideon, Mendoza, Jhaki
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2024
• Subjects: antropolohiya; food categories; food insecurity; gutom; hunger; nutrisyon; nutritional anthropology; pagkain; pantawid-gutom; Philippines; Pilipinas; Anthropology; Food Security; Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/dev-stud-faculty-pubs/254; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/dev-stud-faculty-pubs/article/1254/viewcontent/5389_Article_Text_24264_1_10_20240510.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Pantawid-gutom literally means “to bridge hunger” and refers to a range of food and non-food products and practices in the Philippines that allow people to survive in between “serious meals.” What does its existence as a liminal category between food/non-food or serious/non-serious meal signify, par...