Delhi ke momos mast hote hain: Constructing the city through food

Journal title RIVISTA GEOGRAFICA ITALIANA
Author/s Nipesh Palat Narayanan
Publishing Year 2022 Issue 2022/4
Language English Pages 18 P. 81-98 File size 0 KB
DOI 10.3280/rgioa4-2022oa15000
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L’articolo esplora la foodification della città tramite un’indagine sui social media. Esso mira ad una comprensione concettuale della foodification, che combina gli aspetti materiali, sociali e culturali del cibo e la sua mobilitazione. Utilizzando gli interventi su Twitter lungo 10 anni (2010-2020) a Delhi (India) sui momos (sorta di ravioli), il documento dimostra (i) l’uso di prodotti alimentari popolari per promuovere i produttori, propagando così la foodification, (ii) che i cittadini utilizzano il cibo come mezzo per sottolineare l’identità cittadina e (iii) per alimentare discorsi che vanno oltre il cibo. Il documento utilizza queste tre discussioni empiriche per costruire una più ampia comprensione dei veicoli egemoni di conoscenza nella concettualizzazione della città. Si dimostra come la città è costruita attraverso il cibo e il discorso, le pratiche e le performance che lo circondano.

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Nipesh Palat Narayanan, Delhi ke momos mast hote hain: Constructing the city through food in "RIVISTA GEOGRAFICA ITALIANA" 4/2022, pp 81-98, DOI: 10.3280/rgioa4-2022oa15000