„Hip-Hop & Food“
- 28.11.2023
- English Articles
- Paul Denkhaus
- Edwina Ludewig
- Andrea Petzold
- Ulrike Johannsen
Peer reviewed / Manuskript (original) submitted: 13 February 2023 / Revision accepted: 02 March 2023
A participatory approach to informal nutrition education in the youth center setting within the IN FORM project KlimaFood1
Background
Dietary patterns of children and adolescents with lower socioeconomic status and from educationally deprived milieus often differ from a health-promoting, climate-friendly and thus plant-based diet [1, 2]. At the same time this group has a higher risk for diet-related diseases [3].
New potential of nutrition education for target groups is offered by the use of recreational environments as a place of learning [4, 5] as well as the pedagogical use of of hip-hop2. Through the use of hip-hop competencies such as creative self-expression and political-social awareness can be promoted on the one hand and on the other hand trust and relationship between the young people or children and pedagogues can be built up. Hiphop is understood here as the 'language of the youth', through which marginalized and discriminated young people can be reached. In the educational context hip-hop songs are used as a didactic tool for the transfer of knowledge. On the one hand the hip-hop learning tools are based on the principle of the mnemonic, thus a memory-supporting technique ("mnemonic bridges"), with the help of which the memorability of lesson contents is facilitated by rhymed sentences. On the other hand, the use is based on the psychological dimensions of emotions and holism [6-10]. ...
Abstract
Dietary patterns of young people with educational disadvantage often deviate from a healthy and climate-friendly diet. In the scientific project KlimaFood, hip-hop and nutrition education are therefore interlinked. Observations during a pilot project in the form of a workshop show, among other things, opportunities for expanding competence and increasing interest in cooking.
Keywords: nutrition education, plant-based nutrition, sustainability, climate, participatory approach, children and youth, living environments, hip-hop
