Platformed Foodways in Helsinki: Young Immigrant Men, AI Tools, and “Networked Eating”
In a digitally saturated Helsinki, everyday eating is increasingly routed through apps, chats, and platform encounters. This article examines how young immigrant men (aged 21–35) activate these encounters and move across them to shape their food practices and a sense of belonging. In qualitative interviews, participants narrated how they search and share recipes and foods (e.g., through WhatsApp, Telegram, or Instagram), adapt dishes to cultural or religious preferences, learn new techniques, and use delivery pl…
Young immigrant men aged 21-35 in Helsinki used generative AI tools like ChatGPT and Gemini to lower language and knowledge barriers while searching recipes, adapting dishes to cultural or religious preferences, and learning cooking techniques.
Qualitative interview account from a small Helsinki sample; does not measure frequency, accuracy, or long-term well-being effects of generative AI use.
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- Peer-reviewedSocial Inclusion2026-07-09
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