Shokuiku Policy and the Reconstruction of Symbols : "Slow Food" and the Policy Formation Process

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  • 食育とシンボル再編の社会的力学 : 「スローフード」と政策形成過程
  • ショクイク ト シンボル サイヘン ノ シャカイテキ リキガク スローフード ト セイサク ケイセイ カテイ

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In 2005, the Japanese Diet established the Fundamental Law of Shokuiku, and as a result, Shokuiku became the duty of the nation. Shokuiku was widely defined to include "improved health," "improved self-sufficiency in food," "food security," and so on. Particularly, it emphasizes the teaching of a feeling of gratitude. Thus, the contents of Shokuiku are very normative. For that reason, few people have examined how Shokuiku policy formed. In this paper, I have two aims. The first is to show the process by which the Shokuiku policy formed. In particular, I will focus on the time when the policy was introduced. At that time, Shokuiku was a solution to mad cow disease, and thereafter the contents of the policy increased. The second aim of this paper is to show how symbols were reconstructed during this process. Here I will focus on two symbols, namely "Slow Food" and Shokuiku. The phrase "Slow Food" was very popular in those days. Policymakers equated Slow Food with "eating local foods," a solution to the mad cow disease, and they said that eating local foods contributed to the establishment of "face-to-face" relationships. The symbol Slow Food explained the meaning of Shokuiku, an expression that was not famous yet. The reconstruction of symbols made the expression Shokuiku a new symbol and mobilized many kinds of people. In this work, I will apply cultural theory to depict the supply route of the Slow Food symbol as a resource. In that way, I can describe the intentional and unintentional actions among groups with regard to the symbols. Finally, I will suggest the dynamics of a collective action using these symbols.

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