food
Assessment of few socio- economic, demographic and dietary factors on thinness among rural adolescent girls of Cooch Behar, West Bengal, India
By: SUTAPA BHOWMIK, ARGINA KHATUN – Adolescents are considered a nutritionally vulnerable population, and a proper diet with adequate nutrients is essential for their rapid physical development. Thinness indicates poor nutrition, as reflected by a relatively low Body Mass Index (BMI) (kg/m²) compared to height (cm). A cross-sectional study was conducted on 366 school-going adolescent…
Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Indigenous Food Tradition: The 101 Vegetable Practice of the Bodo Tribe during Bwisagu
By: DHRUBAJYOTI NATH, S. SIMON JOHN, HANGMA BORO – Food is a fundamental component of a community’s cultural heritage. Beyond serving as a source of nourishment, it also reflects the community’s deep-rooted traditions and cultural values. Dietary habits are often shaped by belief systems, traditional wisdom, and the natural environment. Over generations, traditional knowledge and…
Mnemonic Flavors: How Smell and Taste Trigger Cultural Memory
cultural memory, diaspora, food, identity, mnemonic triggers, nostalgia, postcolonial, Sensory experience, smellBy: CHANDRASEKHAR BHOI – This article examines the close relationship between sensory experience and cultural memory, focusing on how smell and taste serve as powerful mnemonic triggers. Drawing on theories from sensory anthropology, cultural studies, and cognitive psychology, it explores how flavors and aromas evoke personal and collective memories, especially in diasporic and postcolonial contexts.…
I passeri di Mao: cibo, agricoltura e ideologia
Agricolture, biogas, biomasses, Climate Change, Demography, food, Green economy, Ideology, Rare Earth ElementsBy: FLAVIA BUSATTA – Except for a few catastrophic eruptions, the great famines of the past two millennia have been either the toxic result of the unequal distribution of resources within a society or of ideological experiments by dictatorial regimes. Agriculture, food, and demography have always been related and their control by those in power,…
The Anthropology of Food: Core and Fringe in the Angami Naga Diet
By: VILHOUSIENUO NELI – Anthropologists have studied food cultures long before food studies gained interest among scholars; yet this issue was studied merely as a means to understand other aspects of a culture rather than a central idea, until recently. Today the anthropological study of food has matured enough to serve as a medium to…
Meanings and taboos in traditional gastronomy of Maasai communities in Kajiado County, Kenya
By: MICHELE FILIPPO FONTEFRANCESCO, LEAH LEKANAYIA – The article analyses food traditions among the Maasai of Kajiado County. It explores them on the basis of an ethnographic research conducted between 2017 and 2018. In particular, it investigates the cultural meanings and taboos associated with blood, meat and milk: key elements in the traditional Maasai diet.…
Jagua Nakam: a Look into its Properties, and its Revelations on Garo Lifeways
By: QUEENBALA MARAK – A single item of food at times tells many things about a society. The present paper aims to look at the importance and properties of jagua nakam, an item that is hugely sought-after among Garos, a tribe from north-eastern India and northern Bangladesh. Its importance lies in its gastronomic appreciation and…
Food Security and Sustainability of Agriculture in India: A Human Right Appraisal
By: ALOK CHANTIA, PREETI MISRA – It is very hard to imagine that a living creature can live without food. It may vary at the level of amount which it consumes but food is necessary for survival even every food plant get its food supplement from the earth. So it is a chain, which is…