Category Archives: Fieldnotes

Snapshots from the field

Posted on February 21, 2013 by admin

  I am grinning at the camera but my body is awkward in my big winter coat. I look out of place and foreign. I am much taller than Luigi and Rosella. There is something generally uncomfortable about the photo. … Continue reading →

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A Summer in the Field

Posted on August 31, 2012 by admin

Silvio reached up and pulled down a curled up leaf from one of his vines. He unfurled the leaf to reveal the larva of a leafroller (Platynota  stultana). Pests like this, he explained, could do serious damage to a vineyard. … Continue reading →

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Gastrointestinal ethnographies: eating as bodily practice

Posted on April 8, 2012 by admin

Today I started fieldwork on a new anthropology of food project here in Boston. It is going to be an adventure as I explore the rumbling beast that is my GI tract through an Ayurvedic cleanse. Later, I will be … Continue reading →

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Standing in line

Posted on June 9, 2010 by admin

This morning I read an article in the New York Times entitled “Table for 2? Get Ready to Wait in Line” and it got me thinking about the social aspects of waiting for food (something this article missed entirely). Sure, … Continue reading →

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Restaurant Reviews-I can hear something rumbling

Posted on February 19, 2010 by admin

Why do restaurant reviews never talk about how food makes you feel after you eat it? This was a question I was left pondering as I stared at the ceiling with my stomach rumbling last night. The first food writers … Continue reading →

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