"Green gold for the "future
Fermented foodways, possibilities and doubts
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12427396 |
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| Authors | Ankita Dutta (0009-0009-2930-4773, Dibrugarh University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2025-01-06 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Political Ecology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1073-0451 • E-ISSN: 1073-0451 |
| Publisher | University of Arizona (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2458/jpe.5762 |
| OpenAlex | W4406104029 |
| Language | EN |
The looming ecological crisis demands an urgent rethinking of possibilities within our surroundings. This article examines the practice of bamboo-shoot fermentation in India's North-Eastern Region (NER) and explores its connections to sustainability, food sovereignty, and the pressures of capitalist intervention. It traces how fermented foodways, while rooted in cultural knowledge, become entangled with globalised capitalist logics and emergent 'glocal' market spaces. Despite these legal and commercial mazes, the cultural teachings embedded in fermentation continue to offer vital pathways toward more sustainable futures
| Highly cited | No |
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