Good Food in a Technological World
Focal Things and Practices Among Lumad Groups in Mindanao
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22250712 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Regletto Aldrich Imbong (0000-0002-8677-1599, corresponding author), Regletto Aldrich D Imbong |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 42-59 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Techné Research in Philosophy and Technology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2691-5928 • E-ISSN: 2691-5928 |
| Publisher | Philosophy Documentation Center (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.5840/techne202368177 |
| OpenAlex | W4380090006 |
| Language | EN |
In this paper, I develop a concept of “good food” by placing in dialogue Albert Borgmann’s notions of focal things and practices with the experiences of two Lumad groups in Mindanao, Philippines, the Manobos and the Blaans. The “availability” of contemporary food, resulting from the “device paradigm,” creates an atrophic existence rooted in social and material disengagement with food production. I argue that the experiences of these two Lumad groups offer rich examples of Borgmann’s focal practices that show how to conceptualize good food in a technological world. This concept can be concretely realized through practices of food and technical democracy which institutionalize the values of the communalist and collectivist experiences of these Lumad groups
Collectivism · Democracy · Disengagement theory · Environmental ethics · Food processing · Individualism · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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