Shifting Food Culture and Space: Narrative of Communities Living in Tributary Rivers of Ilocos Sur and Ilocos Norte, Philippines
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Eating patterns and food choices of people evolve alongside the transition of any inhabited space. Taking this as a premise, this paper elucidates the effects and consequences of the spatial shift from rural to urban and biodiversity loss which is currently re-shaping the food culture and food system of Barangay Caowayan, Burgos, La Union, Barangay Sawat, Tagudin, Ilocos Sur, and Barangay Elizabeth, Dingras, Ilocos Norte, Philippines. A qualitative research on food culture and space, this paper utilized participatory tools: community maps and reflexive sheet, specifically, meta-cards. This paper takes on the foodscape lens and applied the narrative approach in discussing how and why the food culture and food system of these barangays are shifting which become problematic frames on spatial rooting and socio-cultural identity of these communities.
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