Indigenous People and Food Insecurity in an Epoch of Ecological Crises

More than 370 million indigenous peoples worldwide living in richly biodiverse yet fragile ecosystems—mainly forests and coastal zones—have suffered the impact of climate change. 

mentawai

Concept

Concept Beyond Insecurity

This project studies indigenous foodways and food insecurity as a lived, physical and sensory experience imbued with contested moral, political, and affective significance for those subjected to deleterious effects.

I am an anthropologist with a long-term interest in studying human-environment relations.

darmanto