Recovering Our Ancestral Foodways: Indigenous Traditions as a Recipe for Living Well

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Univ of California Press, Aug 13, 2024 - Cooking - 248 pages
"Recovering Our Ancestral Foodways is the first relational ethnography of Quechua and Måaori peoples' philosophies of well-being, traditional ecological knowledge, and contributions to sustainable food systems. Based on over ten years of fieldwork in Peru and Aotearoa New Zealand, this book explores how Quechua and Måaori peoples describe, define, and enact well-being through the lens of foodways. By analyzing how two Indigenous communities operationalize knowledge to promote sustainable food systems, physical and spiritual well-being, and community health, Mariaelena Huambachano unearths a powerful philosophy of food sovereignty called the Chakana/Maahutonga. Huambachano argues that this Indigenous food sovereignty framework offers a foundation for understanding the practices and policies needed to transform the global food system to nourish the world and preserve the Earth. One of the key features of this book, written for Indigenous communities, students, and scholars, is the development of the author's original research methodology, called the Khipu Model, which will serve as a vital resource for future research on Indigenous ways of knowing"--
 

Contents

Indigenous Food Sovereignty
12
An Indigenous
32
A khipukamayuq KhipuMaster holding a Khipu
33
The Andean Khipu
35
The Andean Khipu and its main horizontal cord
39
Long vertical cords reflecting the beingontology phase of the Khipu Model
40
Research methods
43
Quechua and Māori Understandings
71
Andean agrobiodiversity
93
Allin Kawsay and Values and Principles
102
Main entrance to the Valley of Lares
103
Quechua famer holding native potatoes
105
Māori Principles
116
The Whareponga marae
118
Tikanga practices in Māori food systems
122
Notes
171

Quechua research partners with potatoes corn and beans
75
Māori food growers Mate and Sonny Heitia growing kūmara
79
Pātaka kai
88
Seedsaving
92
Bibliography
195
Index
221
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Mariaelena Huambachano is Assistant Professor of Environmental Humanities and Native American and Indigenous Studies at Syracuse University.