Sep 23 2024 19 mins
This episode Andrew Mitchel sits down with Ohio State PhD Candidate Harold "Butch" Wright. They discuss readings on commensality (https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/commensality-from-everyday-food-to-feast-9780857857361/), social network analysis (https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Communities+and+Networks%3A+Using+Social+Network+Analysis+to+Rethink+Urban+and+Community+Studies-p-9780745654201), and food insecurity (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ajhb.23821). They then cover Butch's fieldwork in Parque das Tribos in Manaus, Brazil; discuss the pros and cons of applying standardized food insecurity measures to this community; and show how food is tied closely to be egocentric networks and urban indigenous identity in Brazil and beyond.