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food anthropology

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From buckwheat to white rice: transforming food systems and multispecies relations in rural Bhutan

Elena Neri, a visiting PhD fellow at Leiden University, explains her research on transforming food systems, multispecies relations, and more-than-human health in a community of rural villages in western Bhutan, where she carried out fieldwork between March 2024 and March 2025.

Elena Neri • 07-04-2026

Why do the Dutch never get tired of everyday sandwiches, the boterham?

At lunchtime on university campus one thing stands out: the boterham (sandwich). Coming from Japan’s elaborate bento culture, I was puzzled that so many students eat the same thin sandwich every day. I kept wondering, "Don’t they ever get tired of it?". This blog is a brief participant observation of that daily ritual.

Misato Okaneya • 13-01-2026