Culinary sustainability as a resilience practice for Syrian refugees amidst urban precarity in Istanbul

Name: Culinary sustainability as a resilience practice for Syrian refugees amidst urban precarity in Istanbul
Author: Rottmann, Susan Beth, Zanjer, N., Yilmaz-Hava, Zeynep

İsim	Culinary sustainability as a resilience practice for Syrian refugees amidst urban precarity in Istanbul
Yazar	Rottmann, Susan Beth, Zanjer, N., Yilmaz-Hava, Zeynep
Basım Tarihi:	2024-11
Basım Yeri	- Taylor & Francis
Konu	Turkey, Refugees, Syrian women, Culinary strategies, Resilience, Sustainability, Urban precarity, Food insecurity
Tür	Süreli Yayın
Dil	İngilizce
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Hayır
Kütüphane:	Özyeğin Üniversitesi
Demirbaş Numarası	1552-8014
Kayıt Numarası	bca42039-f02c-4b13-8b6f-ab23c2d0dd5c
Lokasyon	Humanities and Social Sciences
Tarih	2024-11
Notlar	TÜBİTAK
Örnek Metin	In a context of urban precarity and food insecurity, our research examines how Syrian women in Istanbul (Turkey) (re-)create "Syrian cultural foods" as part of fulfilling gendered expectations for homemaking. Fleeing civil war since 2011, Syrians find safety in Turkey, but they struggle with a financially and politically insecure temporary protection status making the daily act of cooking a significant challenge. In contrast to research focused on sustainability primarily in terms of health and nutrition, we show the important role that culture plays in determining what food is considered sustaining. Specifically, we identify "culinary sustainability" strategies which are culturally embedded food practices that foster resilience for migrants in a new setting. Based on semi-structured interviews and participant observations in the kitchens of Syrian women in Istanbul, we identify three strategies: 1) Homemade food practices, 2) Adjustment, and 3) Recycling. Addressing a burgeoning literature that tries to integrate sustainability and resilience studies, we show how each strategy corresponds to a feature of cultural resilience (engaging forms of resistance, adaptation and innovation). Under severe socio-economic constraints, Syrian women use creative adaptations to innovate tasty new ways of showing culinary care in a new country and an unfamiliar megacity, Istanbul.
DOI	10.1080/15528014.2024.2429905

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Culinary sustainability as a resilience practice for Syrian refugees amidst urban precarity in Istanbul

Yazar Rottmann, Susan Beth, Zanjer, N., Yilmaz-Hava, Zeynep

Basım Tarihi 2024-11

Basım Yeri - Taylor & Francis

Konu Turkey, Refugees, Syrian women, Culinary strategies, Resilience, Sustainability, Urban precarity, Food insecurity

Tür Süreli Yayın

Dil İngilizce

Dijital Evet

Yazma Hayır

Kütüphane Özyeğin Üniversitesi

Demirbaş Numarası 1552-8014

Kayıt Numarası bca42039-f02c-4b13-8b6f-ab23c2d0dd5c

Lokasyon Humanities and Social Sciences

Tarih 2024-11

Notlar TÜBİTAK

Örnek Metin In a context of urban precarity and food insecurity, our research examines how Syrian women in Istanbul (Turkey) (re-)create "Syrian cultural foods" as part of fulfilling gendered expectations for homemaking. Fleeing civil war since 2011, Syrians find safety in Turkey, but they struggle with a financially and politically insecure temporary protection status making the daily act of cooking a significant challenge. In contrast to research focused on sustainability primarily in terms of health and nutrition, we show the important role that culture plays in determining what food is considered sustaining. Specifically, we identify "culinary sustainability" strategies which are culturally embedded food practices that foster resilience for migrants in a new setting. Based on semi-structured interviews and participant observations in the kitchens of Syrian women in Istanbul, we identify three strategies: 1) Homemade food practices, 2) Adjustment, and 3) Recycling. Addressing a burgeoning literature that tries to integrate sustainability and resilience studies, we show how each strategy corresponds to a feature of cultural resilience (engaging forms of resistance, adaptation and innovation). Under severe socio-economic constraints, Syrian women use creative adaptations to innovate tasty new ways of showing culinary care in a new country and an unfamiliar megacity, Istanbul.

DOI 10.1080/15528014.2024.2429905