Nordic Food Culture(s) - Thoughts and perspectives by way of introduction
Original version
Bergflødt, S., Amilien, V. & Skuland, S.E. (2012). Nordic Food Culture(s) - Thoughts and perspectives by way of introduction. Anthropology of Food, S7 http://aof.revues.org/7296Abstract
The interest for the cultures of food in Nordic countries has become visible in culinary
settings, in journalistic milieus, and through scientific studies over the last twenty years. The
aim of this special issue of Anthropology of Food is to explore, to discuss, and to better
understand the concept and the framework of Nordic Food Culture(s). This issue is based on
two exploratory workshops initiated by the Joint Committee for the Nordic Research Councils
for the Humanities and Social Sciences (NOS-HS). The workshops, held in Copenhagen and
Oslo in 2010, had a multidisciplinary approach and gathered expertise on eating patterns, food
ethnography, food history, food geography, food sociology, food anthropology, restaurants
studies, nutrition and cultural studies in order to explore the developments and changes of the
place of food and the culture of food in the Nordic countries. (The full program from the two
workshops, with titles for papers and participants, can be found in the dessert menu of this issue.)