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Food Identities, Biocultural Knowledge and Gender Differences in the Protected Area 'Sierra Grande de Hornachos' (Extremadura, Spain)
- Source :
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 17, Iss 2283, p 2283 (2020), International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Volume 17, Issue 7
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2020.
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Abstract
- A food tradition not only corresponds to the vital need to be nourished every day, but is part of the particularity of a territory as a consequence of its history, traditions, natural heritage, and capacity for ecological and social resilience. In the search for culinary identity, a valorization of a rural territory of high identity potential is carried out, such as in the environmental protection area &ldquo<br />Sierra Grande de Hornachos&rdquo<br />(Extremadura, Spain), and specifically the town of Hornachos. For this purpose, a series of workshops and interviews were held for men and women who had lived most of their lives in Hornachos and who were older than 70. Information on the food uses of wild and cultivated plants, as determined by the Cultural Significance Index (CSI) for 79 species, was extracted from the interpretation of the data collected. In addition, new uses were collected in Extremadura for 16 plants and in Spain for 3, with some of these data being of particular significance in the culinary culture of Hornachega. We conclude that the area &ldquo<br />forms an environment of great culinary identity that must be preserved, not only for its heritage interests but also for its agroecological ones, which could be translated into measures of wealth creation and development.
- Subjects :
- Male
agroecology
Conservation of Natural Resources
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
0211 other engineering and technologies
lcsh:Medicine
Identity (social science)
02 engineering and technology
cultural wealth
010501 environmental sciences
01 natural sciences
Article
ethnobotany
Natural heritage
Humans
Traditional knowledge
Agroecology
Aged
culinary identity
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Cultural Characteristics
sustainable development
food
lcsh:R
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
021107 urban & regional planning
economic growth
Cultural heritage
Knowledge
Geography
Spain
Ethnology
Female
Rural area
Protected area
Traditional society
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 16604601
- Volume :
- 17
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a2f9998da34fc98f3221d802a8ea03fd