Disciplining Polenta: A Parody on the Politics of Saving Food

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Zachary Nowak ◽  
Bradley M. Jones ◽  
Elisa Ascione
Keyword(s):  
Food Products ◽  
Social Value ◽  
Traditional Food ◽  
Traditional Foods ◽  
Time And Space ◽  
Historical Sources ◽  
Scholarly Literature ◽  
Identity Creation ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Social

This article begins with a parody, a fictitious set of regulations for the production of “traditional” Italian polenta. Through analysis of primary and secondary historical sources we then discuss the various meanings of which polenta has been the bearer through time and space in order to emphasize the mutability of the modes of preparation, ingredients, and the social value of traditional food products. Finally, we situate polenta within its broader cultural, political, and economic contexts, underlining the uses and abuses of rendering foods as traditional—a process always incomplete, often contested, never organic. In stirring up the past and present of polenta and placing it within both the projects of Italian identity creation and the broader scholarly literature on culinary tradition and taste, we emphasize that for so-called traditional foods to be saved, they must be continually reinvented.

Kinship and Friendship: The Perception of Family by Clergy and Laity in Late Medieval London

1988 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 369-385 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacqueline Murray
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Historical Sources ◽  
Epidemic Disease ◽  
Popular Piety ◽  
The Past ◽  
Private Lives ◽  
The Social ◽  
Personal Nature ◽  
History Of ◽  
Rural England

One of the most persistent and frustrating problems which the social historian faces is that of gaining access to private lives in the past. This is true for all periods, but it is especially so for the Middle Ages. There are some letters available, but they tend to be scarce and limited in nature. Another type of document which proves a useful means of entry into medieval life is the testament. The information it contains is often of an intensely personal nature and allows the reader to understand the testator's relationships with others.The wealth of information contained in testaments is only beginning to be fully exploited. In his article “Fifteenth and Sixteenth-Century Wills as Historical Sources,” Michael L. Zell has demonstrated the breadth of information which these documents contain and points the way to many areas of further investigation. The usefulness of testamentary evidence to trace inheritance patterns and the disposition of property is well established. Eleanor S. Riemer has used testaments from Siena to examine the economic position of women. W. K. Jordan used wills extensively in his three volume study of charity in urban and rural England. More recently, Joel T. Rosenthal employed them to study gift-giving patterns among the English aristocracy. Wills have been used as sources for the study of religious values and popular piety, as a means of investigating the patterns of epidemic disease, and of tracing the spread of literacy. Historians have also begun to use testamentary evidence in the investigation of family life. For the history of the English family, the use of testamentary evidence is just beginning.

scholarly journals Talbina as a functional food and a source of health-beneficial ingredients: a narrative review

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (12) ◽  
pp. 139-151
Author(s):  
Lamia Lahouar ◽  
Lotfi Achour ◽  
Imed Latiri
Keyword(s):  
North Africa ◽  
Functional Food ◽  
Fermented Milk ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
Traditional Food ◽  
Traditional Foods ◽  
The Past ◽  
Safe Strategy ◽  
High Antioxidant Activity ◽  
Natural Honey

During the past two decades, several researchers have claimed that traditional foods are healthier products and better sources of micronutrients. Talbina is a well-known traditional food in North Africa, Middle East and South East Asia. Talbina is made by adding 1-2 tablespoons of barley (100% wholegrain barley) to cup of water. Cook on low heat for15 minutes in a water bath. After that a cup of Laban (fermented milk) or milk is added. It can be sweetened with honey. This broth can be used as a stock for soups or stews or as a thickener. Talbina is a healthy food helps in depression and stress relief. It has high antioxidant activity as well as anti-inflammatory. Its consumption regularly proves to be an effective and safe strategy for treating different chronic diseases. It is a rich source of different essential nutrients and antimicrobials, both of which have been linked to a reduction in chronic disease. However, Talbina has not been well studied or defined by the scientific community. This review defines Talbina and discusses the various bioactive compounds in this food and their health benefits. Keywords: Barley wholegrain; fermented milk; natural honey; functional food; nutraceutical ingredients.

scholarly journals Kuwamai: Historic Epidemics and Resilience of Cariban-Speaking Peoples, Northern Amazonia

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 247-272
Author(s):  
Renzo S. Duin
Keyword(s):  
French Guiana ◽  
Viral Disease ◽  
Historical Sources ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Social ◽  
Clash Of Cultures ◽  
Historical Accounts ◽  
Journal Entries ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Epidemic Diseases

How Amazonian Indigenous Peoples combatted emergent epidemic diseases in colonial times, and their innovative responses to epidemiological crises, has not received sufficient attention. This study outlines a clash of cultures and an entanglement of places and people related to pandemic diseases and epidemic death in the Eastern Guiana Highlands, northern Amazonia. By means of archival and historical sources, the article provides eyewitness insight into multiple waves of highly contagious epidemics that affected Cariban-speaking communities in Eastern Guiana – Suriname, French Guiana, and Brazilian Amapá – over the past 550 years. The paper commences with some general statements on illness and healing. Hitherto unpublished journal entries by the Governor of Suriname of an outbreak of the pox during the winter of 1743-1744 set the scene, these are followed by rare nineteenth and twentieth century historical accounts, and a novel interpretation of Wayana oral history – posited to be the first account of the spread of a viral disease in Amazonia in July 1542. The paper concludes with responses to the current COVID-19 pandemic from an indigenous etiology which demonstrates indigenous historical consciousness of the social present as related to events from the past.

The Contemporary Gothic

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xavier Aldana Reyes
Keyword(s):  
Social Value ◽  
Cultural Work ◽  
Emotional Impact ◽  
Early 21St Century ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Social ◽  
Weird Fiction ◽  
Fertile Ground ◽  
Viral Nature ◽  
Artistic Tradition

The writings covered to by the umbrella term “Gothic” are so varied in style, thematic interests, and narrative effects that an overarching definition becomes problematic and even undesirable. The contemporary Gothic, drawing on an already fragmented and heterogenic artistic tradition, is less a genre than a vestigial type of writing that resuscitates older horrors and formulas and filters them through the echo chambers of a modern preoccupation with the social value of transgressive literature. In a century when the Gothic has once again exploded in popularity, and following a period of strong institutionalization of its study in the 1990s and 2000s, establishing some of its key modern manifestations and core concerns becomes a pressing issue. The Gothic may be fruitfully separated from horror, a genre premised on the emotional impact it seeks to have on readers, as a type of literature concerned with the legacy of the past on the present—and, more importantly, with the retrojecting of contemporary anxieties into times considered more barbaric. These have increasingly manifested in neo-Victorian fictions and in stories where settings are haunted by forgotten or repressed events but also by weird fiction, where encounters with beings and substances from unplumbed cosmic depths lead to a comparable temporal discombobulation. The intertextual mosaics of the contemporary Gothic also borrow from and recycle well-known myths and figures such as Dracula or Frankenstein’s monster in order to show their continued relevance or else to adapt their recognizable narratives to the early 21st century. Finally, the Gothic, as a type of literature that is quickly becoming defined by the cultural work it carries out and by its transnational reach, has found in monstrosity, especially in its mediation of alterity, of traumatic national pasts and of the viral nature of the digital age, a fertile ground for the proliferation of new nightmares.

scholarly journals Alaska Native Traditional Food and Harvesting Activity Patterns over 10 Years of Follow-Up

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana G Redwood ◽  
Gretchen M Day ◽  
Julie A Beans ◽  
Vanessa Y Hiratsuka ◽  
Sarah H Nash ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alaska Native ◽  
Activity Patterns ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Traditional Food ◽  
Traditional Foods ◽  
Original Cohort ◽  
The Past ◽  
Seal Oil ◽  
Fish And Shellfish

ABSTRACT Background Alaska Native (AN) traditional foods and associated harvesting activities are beneficial to human health. Objective This study assessed longitudinal self-reported traditional food use and harvesting activities among Alaska Native and American Indian (AN/AI) participants in the Alaska Education and Research Towards Health (EARTH) study. Methods In 2004–2006, southcentral Alaska EARTH study participants (n = 1320) completed diet and activity questionnaires which were repeated in 2015–2017; results were compared between participants who completed both questionnaires (n = 388). Results In the follow-up questionnaire, >93% of participants reported eating ≥1 traditional food in the past year. The top 3 traditional foods were fish (75%), moose (42%), and shellfish (41%). Women were more likely than men to consume traditional foods, especially fish, gathered berries, shellfish, and seal oil (P < 0.05). Participants aged ≥60 y in the original cohort were significantly more likely to consume fish and shellfish at follow-up, whereas those aged 40–59 y were the most likely of the 3 age groups to consume seal oil (P < 0.05). Between the original cohort and follow-up, there was a significant decline in the mean number of traditional foods eaten from 6.3 to 5.5, as well as reduced consumption of multiple traditional foods (P < 0.001). Over 59% of participants reported ≥1 traditional harvesting activity in the past year; this proportion did not significantly change between baseline and follow-up. Picking berries/greens (44%), cutting/smoking fish or meat (33%), and fishing (30%) were the most common activities. Participation in traditional harvesting activities was greater among women than men (P < 0.05), but did not differ by age. Conclusions Longitudinal follow-up demonstrated that AN/AI people maintained participation in traditional harvesting activities, but the variety of traditional foods declined significantly among both men and women. Promotion of traditional foods and harvesting activities that serve as protective factors against chronic diseases may benefit this population.

Consumer-driven definition of traditional food products and innovation in traditional foods. A qualitative cross-cultural study

Appetite ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 345-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis Guerrero ◽  
Maria Dolors Guàrdia ◽  
Joan Xicola ◽  
Wim Verbeke ◽  
Filiep Vanhonacker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Study ◽  
Food Products ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Traditional Food ◽  
Traditional Foods ◽  
Cross Cultural Study ◽  
Definition Of

INTEGRASI BUDAYA MASYARAKAT DALAM PEMBELAJARAN MATEMATIKA: CONTOH DALAM PEMBELAJARAN SISTEM PERSAMAAN LINEAR DUA VARIABEL

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-31
Author(s):  
Jarnawi Afgani Dahlan ◽  
Nurrohmah .
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Mathematical Knowledge ◽  
Learning Motivation ◽  
Learning Activity ◽  
Traditional Food ◽  
Traditional Foods ◽  
Teaching Materials ◽  
Concrete Material ◽  
The Social

Penelitian ini mengkaji pengembangan dan penerapan pembelajaran Sistem Persamaan Dua Variabel dengan Bahan Ajar berbasis pada nilai budaya masyarakat di Kabupaten Lebak Banten. Nilai-nilai sosial dan budaya yang digunakan dalam pembelajaran adalah makanan tradisional (jojorong, pasung, papais, enye-enye, rangginang, opak, gipang, bolu kelemen). Dari implementasi pembelajaran diperoleh informasi bahwa beberapa siswa tidak mengenal dengan baik makanan tradisional yang digunakan pada pembelajaran, aktivitas belajar siswa dapat dikategorikan sedang, pada umumnya siswa memahami pengetahuan matematika (konsep, prinsip dan prosedur) secara induktif, motivasi belajar siswa dapat dikategorikan baik. Kendala yang muncul dalam praktek pembelajaran diantaranya siswa sangat bergantung pada benda kongkrit (makanan tradisional), serta penemuan pengetahuan matematika memerlukan berbagai pola untuk menjembatani berfikir siswa.This study examines the development and application of learning of Two Variable Equations System with Teaching Materials based on social and cultural values of society in Lebak Banten. The social and cultural values used in learning are traditional foods (jojorong, pasung, papais, enye-enye, rangginang, opak, gipang, cakes kelemen). From the learning implementation, it is found that some students are not familiar with the traditional food used in learning, the students 'learning activity can be categorized as being, generally the students understand the mathematical knowledge (concept, principle and procedure) inductively, the students' learning motivation can be categorized well. Constraints that arise in the practice of learning such as students are very depend on concrete material (traditional food), and the discovery of mathematical knowledge requires various patterns to bridge students thinking.

scholarly journals An ethno-nutritional study on spices used in traditional foods of the Western Regions of Cameroon: the case of nah poh

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stève Djiazet ◽  
Laurette Blandine Mezajoug Kenfack ◽  
Michel Linder ◽  
Clergé Tchiégang
Keyword(s):  
Food Systems ◽  
Consumption Rate ◽  
Food Products ◽  
Great Variability ◽  
Traditional Food ◽  
Traditional Foods ◽  
Quantitative Survey ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Nutritional Study ◽  
Culinary Knowledge

AbstractThe consumption rate of traditional foods is gradually being reduced with time due to the globalization of the food systems and non-availability of modernized ready-to-use traditional food products. In order to contribute to the sustainability and to promote the consumption of nah poh, the present study was undertaken to gather traditional culinary knowledge related to the consumption of some local spices in nah poh, as to contribute to the development of a ready-to-use spice formulation. It consisted in carrying out a qualitative and quantitative survey. The study revealed that there is a great variability with respect to the different Divisions of the Western Regions of Cameroon, regarding the spice composition of nah poh. All the local spices used for this study are utilized for the preparation of nah poh. Seven spices were found to be essential in most Divisions. Scorodophloeus zenkeri fruits and Xylopia africana were shown to be essential spices for consumers in Mezam Division. The quantities of essential spices for one litre of nah poh varied between 0.61 ± 0.24 g and 4.59 ± 2.06 g.

scholarly journals CANDU DAN MILITER KETERLIBATAN BADAN-BADAN PERJUANGAN DALAM PERDAGANGAN CANDU DI JAWA PADA MASA REVOLUSI

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 76
Author(s):  
Julianto Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
Social Economic ◽  
Vice President ◽  
Historical Sources ◽  
Historical Method ◽  
Opium Trade ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Social ◽  
Ministry Of Finance ◽  
The Government ◽  
Written Sources

During revolution era, Indonesian government used and traded opium for struggle funds. This decisionwas based on the fact that the social, economic and financial was shattered due to Japanese occupation.Whereas the government should provide substantial funds to pay the war operations, employeesalaries and soldiers, buy weapons of war, and pay representatives abroad. This paper constitutesas the result of historical studies, that is why it uses historical method and methodologies. Historicalmethod constitutes as a historian guidelines to find historical documents. Historian is like “handyman”who collects historical sources such as archives and documents in “warehouses” archives and libraries.When written sources are considered as not enough, then those will be held interviews with historicalactors involved directly or indirectly to the problem under study. Historical method constitutes aworks of historian from processing facts, explanations to the reconstruction of the results under study.Methodology provides the framework of thinking as historian, that is why, it needs to pay attentionto the concepts and theories in preparing the events of the past. This study is based on the methodfrom Ernst Bernheim, that are heuristic, criticism, auffassung and darstellung. Indonesian governmentfully managed and controlled the opium trade and circulation in Java. The management was led bythe Vice President Office assisted by two ministries, namely the Ministry of Finance and Ministry ofDefence Quartermaster Section. Under those two ministries, there was the Mayor Administrative Officeof Opium and Salt in Surakarta which coordinated major offices in several cities, especially in Kediriand Yogyakarta. The Administrative Office of Opium and Salt in Kediri stored raw opium. Then, rawopium was sent to processing factory in Wonosari and Beji Klaten. The cooked opium was sent to TheAdministrative Office of Opium and Drug in Yogyakarta or The Mayor Administrative Office of Opiumand Salt in Surakarta. This office in Surakarta authorized to issue raw opium to the struggle agencies tobe sold to the territory of republic, occupied Netherlands area or smuggled abroad.

Cultural, Social, and Environmental Influences on Surviving Dietary Patterns of the Past: A Case Study from the Northern Villages of Karpathos

2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 244-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eleni Tourlouki ◽  
Antonia-Leda Matalas ◽  
Demosthenes Panagiotakos
Keyword(s):  
Social Role ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Traditional Food ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Past ◽  
Local Resources ◽  
The Social ◽  
Mediterranean Island

The present work documents the core diet of a population in a Mediterranean island that has been minimally eroded by industrialization and tourism, and links present food-consumption patterns to the foods' historical roots and to the exploitation of natural resources available to the community. Demographic, behavioral, cultivation, and food-intake information were collected among inhabitants of the isolated northern villages of Karpathos. The core diet of the elderly village inhabitants was found to be based on wheat, barley, legumes, and olive oil. Inhabitants in the northern villages of Karpathos rely on local resources for most of their food. Absence of mechanized farming, the social role of women, and customs of inheritance are factors that have contributed to the preservation of traditional food-related practices.

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