RESEARCH THEMES AND STUDY AREAS

ETHNOBIOLOGY AND FOOD HERITAGE OF MINORITIES AND PERIPHERIES

LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND GASTRONOMIC KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICES (LEK/LGK) AMONG ETHNIC, LINGUISTIC, RELIGIOUS MINORITIES, AND “PERIPHERAL” (ESP. MOUNTAIN AND ISLAND) COMMUNITIES; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON WITH SURROUNDING MAJORITY GROUPS, CULTURAL NEGOTIATIONS AFFECTING LEK/LGK OF MINORITIES

PROJECTIONS: BIOCULTURAL HERITAGE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL INCLUSION, REVITALISATION OF TRADITIONAL OR FORGOTTEN FOODS

HUMAN ECOLOGY OF FORAGING

TRADITIONAL WEEDS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN DIET AND THEIR BITTER TASTE; “NEW” FORAGERS AND THEIR EDUCATIONAL PLATFORMS

PROJECTIONS: HEALTHY DIETS, NEW GASTRONOMIES BASED UPON HERBS, ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, CITIZEN SCIENCE, ECOLOGICAL TRANSITION

TEMPORAL DYNAMICS OF LOCAL KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS

TEMPORAL SHIFTS OF LEK DUE TO THE EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIO-POLITICAL-ECONOMIC CHANGES; ETHNOBIOLOGY OF MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES, LEK/LGK CHANGES AFTER MIGRATION, RESILIENCE AND/OR ADAPTATION STRATEGIES

PROJECTIONS: ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY AND POLICIES, URBAN AND MIGRANT POLICIES

PRIMARY STUDY AREAS & THEIR COMMUNITIES

MEDITERRANEAN

BALKANS

MIDDLE EAST AND ITS FRINGES (CAUCASUS AND HINDUKUSH)

SECONDARY STUDY AREAS & THEIR COMMUNITIES

EASTERN EUROPE

WESTERN URBAN SPACES