Narratives
Domestication and beyond
By: FRANCESCA CORRADINI, MATTEO FERRARI – In the Western tradition, domestication has been widely understood by scholars as a one-way process in which humans dominate nonhuman animals. However, this narrative has obscured histories and other geographies in which humans and nonhumans shared spaces of mutualism and reciprocity. Multispecies ethnography, as well as new trends in…
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…