Two Master’s Theses: Thinking-With Reciprocal Care and Rethinking “Green” Cooking Technologies

With Emma Bondo Arentoft, ethnologist from UCPH and James Alon Sarick-Whiteside, M.Sc. student in Anthropology, UCPH. Emma and James will present their Master’s Theses. 

In Emma Bondo Arentoft's MA thesis "Thinking-With Reciprocal Care: An Explorative Study Of Perikon And The Multispecies Worlds It Resides In", she turns to the herb perikon as a guide into the complexity of our current period, within the contexts of escalating processes of globalization, capitalism, and climate change. The herb draws our attention to a range of shifting human and more-than-human relationships and various practices, of which some might be practices of reciprocal care. The central aim of the research is to explore some of the challenges and possibilities of living well in a multispecies world.  

James Sarick-Whiteside is currently writing his thesis on: “The Taste of Sustainability: Rethinking “Green” Cooking Technologies in Northern Ugandan Restaurants”. James Sarick-Whiteside will present his research on cooking fuels in the professional kitchens of Gulu, Northern Uganda. Despite its ecological promise, the adoption of “green” charcoal in restaurants has been far from widespread. His work engages with the disconnections between foreign sustainability initiatives and local conceptions of cuisine, cookery, and taste.

The presentations will be followed up by a QNA and round table discussion.

Please note: Emma’s presentation will include a walk outside to see the Perikon plant, so we encourage you to dress accordingly to the weather.

The event is open to all. To be included in our refreshments order, please notify Tilde Rasmussen, jgn681@alumni.ku.dk.