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Short abstract

Freedges are a sharing mechanism aiming to reduce food insecurity and food waste, building a stronger community while sharing food. When examined more closely it seems that there is more behind these actions than the mere desire to reduce food waste, involving affect, empathy and emotions.

Long abstract

Freedges are a sharing mechanism aiming to reduce food insecurity and food waste, building a stronger community while sharing food. Everyone can bring food to put in the fridges and they are open for everyone to take the food they want from them. When examined more closely it seems that there is more behind these actions than the mere desire to reduce food waste, involving affect, empathy and emotions.

Empathfridges opens up the doors of the Freedges by examining emotion, affect and empathy through food, as well as exploring the activities and feelings of their users. The aim of the documentary is to go beyond the sharing of food and deeper into what drives people to engage with these emotional practices. The Freedges play the main roles in the documentary by highlighting their agency on people’s actions and meaning-making.