Date of Award
2026
Document Type
Thesis
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Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Sociology & Anthropology Department, Medical Anthropology
First Advisor
Christy Schuetze
Abstract
This thesis examines urban inequalities situated across Brooklyn, New York by speculating residential interactions with food resources in their neighborhood such as gardens, grocery stores, restaurants, and food pantries. With a specific focus on the areas Bedford-Stuyvesant and Brooklyn Heights of Brooklyn, New York, the study utilized qualitative data such as interviews and dietary food logs during ethnographic fieldwork in order to assess the ways in which experiences with accessing food can reveal a deeper message about systemic inequalities along the lines of racism and class if we are to consider food apartheid. That said, I found that food apartheid is present in Bedford-Stuyvesant, a predominantly minority area, in stark contrast to Brooklyn Heights, a predominantly white neighborhood. Moreover, resistance against food apartheid is present where residents are using social and cultural capital as a means of acquiring food resources like fresh produce and protein sources.
Recommended Citation
Carroll, Aidan , ‘26, "A Quest for Food in Bedford-Stuyvesant and Brooklyn Heights: Residential Interactions with Neighborhood Food Resources" (2026). Senior Theses, Projects, and Awards. 1073.
https://works.swarthmore.edu/theses/1073