Suremain Charles-Edouard de auteur aut IRD text journalArticle eng text/pdf reformatted digital access 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. specialized BOLIVIE MEXIQUE MEXICO 106ANTHRO1 054ALIM 056SOCSAN Brulotte R.L. ed. edt IRD Hryciuk R. ed. edt IRD 24 7-32 2019 2081-1160 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010077700 10.36551/2081-1160.2019.24.7-32 2081-1160 [F B010077700] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010077700 https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/divers20-04/010077700.pdf IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 2020-03-11 2025-11-04 fdi:010077700 fre