Odivelense Halal Project

Food as a public policy for social inclusion and educational integration for the local muslim community

Authors

  • Pedro Alves ISCTE-IUL

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17398/3020-3635.2.215

Keywords:

halal, food, muslim community, inclusion, education

Abstract

The focus of this article is the analysis of the sociocultural and educational impact established by the Halal Project of the Municipality of Odivelas which, involving the local muslim community, implemented in an un precedent way, an halal diet throughout its entire public school network. Seeking to outline and determine the sociocultural and educational benefits of this public policy for the targeted students and their families, medium-term ethnographic fieldwork was carried out. The anthropological investigation of this work resulted in meetings with the Odivelas City Council, with the Halal Institute of Portugal, participatory visits to school establishments and informal interviews with the families of the students covered, as well as the owners of local halal butchers. The analytical reflection of this project proves to be relevant for the anthropological discussion on halal food in Portugal, contradicting the scarce existing disciplinary studies on it, having food as its central point to work on social, identity and religious issues.

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Author Biography

  • Pedro Alves, ISCTE-IUL

    Holding a degree in Anthropology from ISCTE-IUL, in Lisbon (Portugal), I continued my studies at the same institution to obtain a master's degree. Here I presented as a master's thesis the anthropological research I carried out on the Halal Project of Odivelas. Leading an Anthropology of Food, I analyzed how the halal diet, implemented in the municipality's public school system, impacted the local muslim community, with special emphasis on the targeted students. Social, religious, cultural, identity and educational issues were worked on and analyzed, with food as the central point. I am currently pursuing my PhD in Anthropology in a partnership between ISCTE-IUL and Nova FCSH where I will continue to investigate the Halal Project which, since the 2023-2024 academic year, has been present in the municipality of Amadora.

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Published

2025-03-05

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 2 (2024): Archives on Food, Culture and Nutrition

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Artículos

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How to Cite

Odivelense Halal Project: Food as a public policy for social inclusion and educational integration for the local muslim community. (2025). Archives on Food, Culture and Nutrition (AFOCUN-ICAF) , 2(2), 215-238. https://doi.org/10.17398/3020-3635.2.215