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