Guthman, Julie. The Problem with Solutions: Why Silicon Valley Can’t Hack the Future of Food. University of California Press. 272 … More
Category: anthropology of food
Review: Performing State Boundaries
Performing State Boundaries: Food Networks, Democratic Bureaucracy and China by Christof Lammer (Berghahn 2024), 272 pages, ISBN 978-1-80539-651-2 Ellen Oxfeld … More
SAFN Anthro Day Photo Contest, Part 3!
David Beriss Having posted the tied winners of this year’s SAFN Anthro Day Photo contest (which you can see here … More
SAFN Anthro Day Photo Contest, Part 2!
David Beriss Last week we announced the winners of this year’s SAFN Anthropology Day Photo Contest. You can read that … More
Review: Ark of Taste Kenya
Ark of Taste Kenya (2nd Edition). Michele F. Fontefrancesco, Dauro Zocchi and Charles Barstow eds. 2024 Vicolo de Pavone Editore, … More
Review: Embodying Biodiversity
Terese Gagnon, ed. Embodying Biodiversity: Sensory Conservation as Refuge and Sovereignty. 274 pp. University of Arizona Press. 2024. ISBN: 9780816553983 … More
Review: 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 … More
Review: Rice and Baguette
Vu Hong Lien. Rice and Baguette: A History of Food in Vietnam. Reaktion Press. London: 2016 ISBN: 9781780236575. pp.252. Richard … More
Review: Frostbite
Nicola Twilley. Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves. Penguin. NY. 2024, pp. 387 ISBN: 9780735223288. Richard … More
2024 Christine Wilson Graduate Award Winner!
We are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2024 Christine Wilson graduate award is Minny Lee, for her … More