(In)hospitality in Denmark: Bureaucratic insecurity and workplace navigation among migrant chefs in Copenhagen
(2023) SANM03 20231Social Anthropology
Department of Sociology
- Abstract
- Changing trends within the culinary world have highlighted Copenhagen as a new culinary capital, bringing new waves of migrant chefs wishing to participate in this food movement to Denmark’s shores. However, those who come to Copenhagen eager to participate in its restaurant industry are confronted by several bureaucratic and social structures that do not reflect or account for the realities of foreigners within the workforce. These structures greatly influence the way in which migrants within the culinary field are able to navigate employment and settlement in Denmark, and ultimately affects both their ability and their desire to remain in the country. This thesis investigates the barriers Copenhagen’s migrant chefs encounter when... (More)
- Changing trends within the culinary world have highlighted Copenhagen as a new culinary capital, bringing new waves of migrant chefs wishing to participate in this food movement to Denmark’s shores. However, those who come to Copenhagen eager to participate in its restaurant industry are confronted by several bureaucratic and social structures that do not reflect or account for the realities of foreigners within the workforce. These structures greatly influence the way in which migrants within the culinary field are able to navigate employment and settlement in Denmark, and ultimately affects both their ability and their desire to remain in the country. This thesis investigates the barriers Copenhagen’s migrant chefs encounter when navigating Danish bureaucracy and the workforce, the effects of such barriers, and tactics these individuals may employ to replace or access structures made otherwise inaccessible through their distinct positionality. (Less)
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- author
- Waterstreet, Paige Taylor LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- SANM03 20231
- year
- 2023
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Social anthropology, culinary industry, hyper-mobility, navigation, migration
- language
- English
- id
- 9121501
- date added to LUP
- 2023-06-10 13:56:48
- date last changed
- 2023-06-10 13:56:48
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