Romanian shepherds at the baracades
Shepherds protesting in Bucharest. Photo EPA. Everyone once in a while I read a news headline that makes me do a double take: “Romanian riot police fire tear…
Tag: anthropology of food
CFP: Special Issue of Journal of Marketing Management
Note from the editor: The following CFP was noted with interest here at FoodAnthropology. It seems like there are probably a number of anthropologists whose research would be…
Integrating Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, and Humanities in the Food Systems Program at the University of Vermont
Today, we will hear from Dr. Amy Trubek, Associate Professor of Nutrition & Food Science in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences discussing University of Vermont’s Food Systems…
Fundraiser Jambalaya
David Beriss University of New Orleans I recently asked my food and culture students to write short essays about foods that remind them of places. The objective was…
Food in Culture and Social Justice at Oregon State University
Today, we will hear from Joan Gross, Professor of Anthropology discussing Oregon State University’s Food in Culture and Social Justice program. This post is part of SAFN’s Food…
Eating in the Side Room: Food, Archaeology, and African American Identity
Review of: Warner, Mark S. 2015. Eating in the Side Room: Food, Archaeology, and African American Identity. Gainesville: University Press of Florida. Ashanté Reese Spelman College Mark S. Warner’s…
Thinking, and doing: Willa Zhen on Teaching Anthropology of Food at the Culinary Institute of America
Lauren Moore University of Kentucky This month, we hear from Willa Zhen, Associate Professor at The Culinary Institute of America. She discusses teaching anthropology at an applied institution, and…
Necessary Knowledge: Where Denver Anthropologists Drink and Eat
John Brett University of Colorado Denver As a Denver native and passionate eater of foods, what follows is my personal, if a bit quirky, list of places I…
AAA Webinar Wednesday: Research Methods for Anthropological Studies of Food and Nutrition
SAFN is organizing a webinar with the American Anthropological Association. Former SAFN presidents Janet Chrzan and John Brett will lead a discussion of their forthcoming edited collection on…
Street, Neighborhood, City in the New New Orleans
David Beriss University of New Orleans Old and new, Brocato’s and El Rinconcito. When Angelo Brocato’s gelato and pastry shop reopened in September, 2006, it seemed like a…
Katrina Fridges, 10 Years After
Photo by Donna Bonner David Beriss University of New Orleans It would be hard to not notice that the tenth anniversary of hurricane Katrina is upon us here…