Around the Table: Food Stories from Science to Everyday Life
Dr. Tess Bird and Prof. Stanley Ulijaszek
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Sociologist Claude Fischler on Food Studies and Commensality
Stanley interviews Claude Fischler, a French social scientist, Senior Investigator Emeritus with CNRS, the French National Science Center, and a former director of the Interdisciplinary Institute for Contemporary Anthropology in Paris. In this episode, he talks about the importance of food to humans, beginning with why he decided to pursue the study of food. He defines commensality, explaining where this word comes from and how it manifests today. He also discusses the contemporary eating habits of the French and how they compare to other countries.
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