Alimentación y plantas en la ruralidad de Sierra de Ancasti (Catamarca, Argentina)
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El trabajo propone caracterizar el rol de las plantas alimenticias en la dieta de los pobladores rurales campesinos de la sierra de Ancasti, situada al este de la provincia de Catamarca, Argentina. En lo metodológico se siguieron lineamientos de la investigación etnobotánica, combinando metodologías de las ciencias sociales y naturales y recurriendo a la complementariedad de los análisis cualitativos y cuantitativos. Se aplicaron encuestas semiestructuradas en unidades domésticas y entrevistas en profundidad. Se documentaron 77 especies y 133 aplicaciones nutricionales diferentes, así como diversidad de preparados alimenticios tradicionales y actuales. Una gran cantidad de prácticas culinarias, recetas y platos tradicionales compilados en este trabajo coinciden con la comida del pasado folklórico catamarqueño. La alimentación con base a maíz (Zea mays) y zapallo (Cucurbita spp.) y los preparados en formas de dulces y arropes son los más frecuentes de la culinaria local. Mientras se observan recetarios cada vez menos diversificados, pérdida de ingredientes y del uso de cultígenos tradicionales en la culinaria doméstica entre la población criolla campesina, un núcleo pequeño de población neorrural implementa innovaciones en los usos alimenticios y en las especies comestibles.
This work aims at characterizing the role of food plants in the dietary habits of rural farmers in the Sierra de Ancasti, the eastern part of the province of Catamarca, Argentina. Ethnobotanical research guidelines were followed, with methodologies from the social and natural sciences, in addition to qualitative and quantitative analyses. Semi-structured surveys and in-depth interviews were conducted in household units. Seventy-seven species and 133 different nutritional applications were registered, as well as a diversity of traditional and current food preparations. A large number of culinary practices, recipes and traditional dishes compiled in this work resemble the food of Catamarca’s folkloric past. We found that the most common local cuisine includes food based on corn (Zea mays) and squash (Cucurbita spp.) and that prepared in the form of jams and arrope. On the one hand, increasingly less diversified recipes, loss of ingredients, and use of traditional cultures were seen in the domestic cuisine in the rural Criollo population; on the other, a small group from the neorural population were found to encourage innovations in food and edible species.
Fil: Martínez, Gustavo Javier. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Antropología de Córdoba. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Instituto de Antropología de Córdoba; Argentina
This work aims at characterizing the role of food plants in the dietary habits of rural farmers in the Sierra de Ancasti, the eastern part of the province of Catamarca, Argentina. Ethnobotanical research guidelines were followed, with methodologies from the social and natural sciences, in addition to qualitative and quantitative analyses. Semi-structured surveys and in-depth interviews were conducted in household units. Seventy-seven species and 133 different nutritional applications were registered, as well as a diversity of traditional and current food preparations. A large number of culinary practices, recipes and traditional dishes compiled in this work resemble the food of Catamarca’s folkloric past. We found that the most common local cuisine includes food based on corn (Zea mays) and squash (Cucurbita spp.) and that prepared in the form of jams and arrope. On the one hand, increasingly less diversified recipes, loss of ingredients, and use of traditional cultures were seen in the domestic cuisine in the rural Criollo population; on the other, a small group from the neorural population were found to encourage innovations in food and edible species.
Fil: Martínez, Gustavo Javier. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Antropología de Córdoba. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Instituto de Antropología de Córdoba; Argentina
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ANCASTI, NEO-RURALITY, NUTRITION, PEASANTS, https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.9, https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5, https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6, https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1