Suremain Charles-Edouard de. (2019). From multi-sited ethnography to food heritage : what theoretical and methodological challenges for anthropology ?. In :
Brulotte R.L. (ed.), Hryciuk R. (ed.). Enfoques criticos del patrimonio alimentario en América Latina. Revista del CESLA : International Latin American Studies Review, 24, p. 7-32. ISSN 2081-1160.
Titre du document
From multi-sited ethnography to food heritage : what theoretical and methodological challenges for anthropology ?
Année de publication
2019
Type de document
Article
Auteurs
Suremain Charles-Edouard de
In
Brulotte R.L. (ed.), Hryciuk R. (ed.) Enfoques criticos del patrimonio alimentario en América Latina
Source
Revista del CESLA : International Latin American Studies Review, 2019,
24, p. 7-32 ISSN 2081-1160
Through three Latin American examples, the paradigmatic notion of 'multi-sited ethnography" is put to the test in relation to food heritage. After recalling its cultural and historical antecedents in Europe and Latin America, a first set of tensions between 'institutionalized heritage and 'ordinary heritage are analyzed. The phenomena of contestation (Bolivia) that food heritage produces among the most modest populations shows that the wide range of its meanings and uses depend on the context and local issues. Consequently, the potentially contentious relationships between various actors within heritage, gastronomic tourism, and development are highlighted. For this purpose, the example of 'female traditional cooks and 'gastronomic routes' in Mexico is used as a starting point. Through these examples, the advantages and limitations of the multi-sited approach and its implications for ethnographic work on food heritage are discussed. Specifically, emphasis is put on the conditions of its implementation by revisiting how it differs from the comparative approach, transnationalization and 'glocal" analysis. Finally, some theoretical and methodological avenues for further exploration in the critical anthropology of food heritagization are suggested.
Plan de classement
Aliments [054ALIM]
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Sociologie et anthropologie de la santé [056SOCSAN]
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Anthropologie [106ANTHRO1]
