Citizen Food Ethnography Toolkit
The purpose of these materials is to help people slow down and reflect on their shopping, cooking, and eating practices. You are welcome to use the templates for your own reflection, and you are not required to share anything with the research team. If you choose to share your completed reflections with us, we would value the opportunity to learn from your experiences.
The research team is interested in better understanding how people encounter, interpret, and apply information about food, fresh produce, and bioactives in everyday life. These templates are not designed to assess, diagnose, or judge anyone’s diet, health status, cooking skills, shopping habits, or food choices. There are no right or wrong answers. What matters most is honest reflection on everyday food practices, in whatever way feels comfortable and useful to you.
Shopping, Cooking and Eating Template
The toolkit template contains three sections: shopping, cooking, and eating.
Use them to reflect on any single practice, or on the whole journey from shopping to cooking to eating.
You're welcome to complete the templates anonymously, or to share as much or as little about yourself as you like. Handwritten notes, sketches, and reflections all belong here. What matters most is your honest attention to the place food holds in your shopping routines, cultural traditions, and everyday life.
By sharing your reflections, you become part of a wider conversation about food, health, and wellbeing in Australian society. Thank you for the time and care you bring to it.