The 威尼斯赌博游戏_威尼斯赌博app-【官网】 of Toronto Press publishes 'Culinary Claims'
Dr. L. Sasha Gora, the director of the "Off the Menu: Appetites, Culture and Environment" research group, has published her first monograph, '
Culinary Claims: Indigenous Restaurant Politics in Canada', as part of the Culinaria series at the 威尼斯赌博游戏_威尼斯赌博app-【官网】 of Toronto Press. It explores the complex relationships between wild plants and introduced animals, between Indigenous foodways and Canadian regulations.?
Blending food studies with environmental history, it examines how cuisines reflect social and political issues related to cultural representation and sovereignty. The book chronicles the rise of Indigenous restaurants and their influence on Canadian food culture, engaging with questions about how shifts in appetite reflect broader shifts in imaginations of local environments and identities. Ultimately, it asks, What insights can historians gain from restaurants—and their legacies—as reflections of Indigenous and settler negotiations over cultural claims to land?
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Prof. Dr. Simone Müller makes it to the final of the Fleck Prize 2025 with her book “The Toxic Ship: The Voyage of Khian Sea and the Global Waste Trade”.
The Fleck Prize, first awarded in 1992, recognizes an outstanding book in the area of Science and Technology Studies. For the 2025 prize, the Committee reviewed more than 45 books and evaluated nominated books on their contributions to the field of Science and Technology Studies, their novelty, and their overall scholarly quality.
The Fleck Prize, first awarded in 1992, recognizes an outstanding book in the area of Science and Technology Studies. For the 2025 prize, the Committee reviewed more than 45 books and evaluated nominated books on their contributions to the field of Science and Technology Studies, their novelty, and their overall scholarly quality.