RESEARCH THEMES
ETHNOBIOLOGY 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
PROJECTIONS:
BIOCULTURAL DIVERSITIES, FOOD HERITAGE, RURAL (MOUNTAIN) DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL
INCLUSION
ETHNOBIOLOGY OF FORAGING
HUMAN
ECOLOGY OF FORAGING; WEEDS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN DIET AND THEIR BITTER TASTE;
FORAGING-CENTRED
LEK AND EDUCATIONAL PLATFORMS; “NEW” FORAGERS
PROJECTIONS:
HEALTHY DIETS, NEW GASTRONOMIES BASED UPON LOCAL FOODS, ENVIRONMENTAL
EDUCATION, CITIZEN SCIENCE, ECOLOGICAL TRANSITION
ETHNOBIOLOGY
OF CHANGE
TEMPORAL
SHIFTS OF LEK/LGK DUE TO THE EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIO-POLITICAL
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
STUDIED
AREAS
PRIMARY
FOCUS: MEDITERRANEAN, BALKANS, MIDDLE EAST AND ITS FRINGES (CAUCASUS AND
HINDUKUSH)
SECONDARY
FOCUS: EASTERN EUROPE, WESTERN URBAN SPACES