Rethinking Regions: Comparative Food Studies in Digital South Asia
Submission Type
20-minute Presentation
Abstract
Rethinking Regions: Comparative Food Studies in Digital South Asia
Food studies includes ideas on the environment, constructions of regional identity and culinary history. To interrogate the ways in which regional identities are forged, digital research on the anthropology of different geographies in South Asia's regions pose challenges to a neatly told culinary or social history. In a time when food blogs are as prolifically abundant as are comments, reviews and recommendations of food destinations, the pedagogical challenge in the classroom to telling this history underscores the need for improved digital cataloging and informational curation. In a bid to improve public access to this data, several efforts are ongoing to curate online content toward improving archival access for all in India. I will describe our experience with this pedagogical challenge in food studies in India.
Session
Poster
Location
Thomas Great Hall
Start Date
5-17-2017 5:45 PM
End Date
5-17-2017 7:30 PM
Rethinking Regions: Comparative Food Studies in Digital South Asia
Thomas Great Hall
Rethinking Regions: Comparative Food Studies in Digital South Asia
Food studies includes ideas on the environment, constructions of regional identity and culinary history. To interrogate the ways in which regional identities are forged, digital research on the anthropology of different geographies in South Asia's regions pose challenges to a neatly told culinary or social history. In a time when food blogs are as prolifically abundant as are comments, reviews and recommendations of food destinations, the pedagogical challenge in the classroom to telling this history underscores the need for improved digital cataloging and informational curation. In a bid to improve public access to this data, several efforts are ongoing to curate online content toward improving archival access for all in India. I will describe our experience with this pedagogical challenge in food studies in India.