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