Mapping the Food Festivals and Sustainable Capitals: Evidence from Poland

Patrycjusz Zarębski and Dominika Zwęglińska-Gałecka
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Patrycjusz Zarębski: Department of Economics, Koszalin University of Technology, 75-343 Koszalin, Poland
Dominika Zwęglińska-Gałecka: Institute of Rural and Agricultural Development, Polish Academy of Sciences, 00-330 Warsaw, Poland

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 24, 1-23

Abstract: This study is one of the first attempts to identify and explain the location of food festivals in the context of locally embedded capitals. A multidimensional spatial model was developed and a typology using the k-means method was carried out to evaluate the mapping of 64 food festivals organized in various locations in Poland. With reference to Bourdieu’s concept, the economic, social, cultural, symbolic, and tourism capitals rooted in the local environment were examined and compared with the location of festivals. From the theoretical point of view, this study extends the theory of capital to include the new category of tourism capital, which allows better understanding of the economic effects of festivals. It is the missing element of the circular mechanism of capital conversion. Our study shows that food festivals in Poland are held mainly in large cities and their neighboring municipalities rather than in peripheral rural areas. We indicate that the urban areas have a higher level of capitals and sustainability of capitals for food festivals than rural areas. The conducted research shows that the economic effect of food festivals is stronger in locations with high tourism capital. The proposed model is universal and can be used to analyze the impact of various festivals on capital conversion and local development.

Keywords: food festival; mapping festivals; food system; embeddedness; sustainable development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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