Review: Handcrafted Careers
Eli Revelle Yano Wilson. 2024. Handcrafted Careers: Working the Artisan Economy of Craft Beer. University of California Press. 264 pp. ISBN: 9780520401563. Yingkun Hou (Southeast Missouri State...
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Nicola Twilley. Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves. Penguin. NY. 2024, pp. 387 ISBN: 9780735223288. Richard Zimmer. Sonoma State University The title of Nicola...
View ArticleReview: Rice and Baguette
Vu Hong Lien. Rice and Baguette: A History of Food in Vietnam. Reaktion Press. London: 2016 ISBN: 9781780236575. pp.252. Richard Zimmer Sonoma State University In her Introduction, Vu Hong Lien...
View ArticleReview: Protecting industrial food profits by re-shaping science
Susan Greenhalgh. Soda Science: Making the World Safe for Coca-Cola. University of Chicago Press, 2024. 352 pages. Christy Spackman (Arizona State University) I recently returned from a trip to Mexico...
View ArticleWhat we should also consider when we discuss campus food security:...
Warren Wilson College, This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-ND Amanda GreenEastern Kentucky University On Friday September 27, 2024, Hurricane Helene dumped 12-20 inches of rain on the...
View ArticleAnnual SAFN Anthropology Day Photo Contest!
Aquaculture, Nova Scotia. photo by David Beriss SAFN is once again organizing a food/nutrition photo contest in celebration of Anthropology Day. If you have food anthropology related photos that you...
View ArticleReview: Embodying Biodiversity
Terese Gagnon, ed. Embodying Biodiversity: Sensory Conservation as Refuge and Sovereignty. 274 pp. University of Arizona Press. 2024. ISBN: 9780816553983 Christian Keeve (PhD Candidate, Geography,...
View ArticleThesis review: Acting Locally – Vegetable Gardening In Southern Illinois
Home gardener Calvin harvests mustard greens for friends from church. Photo by Aimee L. Trojnar. PhD thesis by Aimee L. Trojnar, Department of Anthropology, Southern Illinois University, 2024....
View ArticleGhosts: CFP for AAA 2025 in New Orleans
Celebrating the ghost of the Maid of Orleans, New Orleans, 2023. Photo David Beriss. The time has come to plan and submit sessions for the 2025 American Anthropology Association Annual Meeting in New...
View ArticleReview: Ark of Taste Kenya
Ark of Taste Kenya (2nd Edition). Michele F. Fontefrancesco, Dauro Zocchi and Charles Barstow eds. 2024 Vicolo de Pavone Editore, Italy. 292 pages. Jon Holtzman (Western Michigan University) Ark of...
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