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SUMMARY:Chiles in Mexico: History\, Flavour\, and Belonging - Daniela Scla
 vo (History of Science\, Ethnography)
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CONTACT:Dr Stefanie Ullmann
DESCRIPTION:The Chile crop is iconic due to its flavour\, cultural\, and s
 ymbolic qualities. Unlike other staple crops or grains\, its role as “ba
 sic” in many global cuisines is not related to calories but to taste and
  spice. More so\, chile’s diversity of forms and varieties abound. From 
 commodified and uniform products in big supermarkets to local heterogeneou
 s fruits in desserts and house-gardens\, this crop is the subject of big i
 nternational investment\, national genetic breeding programmes\, and situa
 ted embodied knowledge transmitted from generation to generation. Why and 
 how do aspects like flavour and identity matter when defining crops’ val
 ue? How are these discourses created and who validates them? This disserta
 tion analyses how by failing to integrate other world views and concepts o
 f value beyond science and genetic resources\, institutional crop research
  and conservation efforts\, such as seed banks\, overlook knowledge that i
 s essential for the continued existence of biocultural diversity. The key 
 argument of this work is that carriers of knowledge beyond institutions\, 
 such as local cooks and communities\, are the ones to actually perpetuate 
 and conserve most diversity through everyday practices such as cooking. By
  calling for the inclusion of often neglected ways of knowing\, I contribu
 te to food security\, sovereignty\, and crop conservation studies by think
 ing beyond calories or famine\, and centring more on value and care.\n\nAb
 out the speaker: \nDaniela is a biologist converted historian of science w
 orking on cultural understandings of crop conservation and the intersectio
 ns between food security and sovereignty. Her PhD explores how subjective 
 elements such as flavour\, identity and senses of belonging have an impact
  on the way crops are valued by different groups. She investigates differe
 nt ideas of loss and imaginary futures to understand how crop conservation
  efforts are conceptualised and whose knowledge/participation is considere
 d – or not. Her focus is to explore alternative and more inclusive ways 
 of doing history\, such as participatory-action research and the co-creati
 on of past\, present\, and future narratives.
LOCATION:1 Newnham Terrace\, Darwin College
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