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‘We eat more than kangaroo tail or dugong you know…’ : recent Indigenous Australian cookbooks

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posted on 2017-12-06, 00:00 authored by Bronwyn Fredericks, Margaret Anderson
This paper focuses on a series of cookbooks published by Indigenous Australian groups. These cookbooks are typically produced with government funding, and are developed by nutritionists, dieticians, and health workers in consultation with local communities. They are designed to teach Indigenous Australians to cook healthy, nutritious, low-cost meals. In this paper, Fredericks and Anderson identify the value of these cookbooks as low-cost, public health interventions. However, they note that their value as health interventions has not been tested. Fredericks and Anderson question the value of these cookbooks within the broader context of the health disadvantage faced by Indigenous Australians. They argue that the cookbooks are developed from a Western perspective of health and nutrition that fails to recognise the value of traditional Indigenous foodways. They suggest that incorporating more Indigenous food knowledge and food-related traditions into cookbooks may be one way of improving health among Indigenous peoples and revitalising Indigenous knowledge.

History

Volume

16

Issue

3

Start Page

1

End Page

12

Number of Pages

12

ISSN

1441-2616

Location

Brisbane, QLD

Publisher

Queensland University of Technology

Language

en-aus

Peer Reviewed

  • Yes

Open Access

  • No

Cultural Warning

This research output may contain the names and images of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people now deceased. We apologize for any distress that may occur.

External Author Affiliations

Learning and Teaching Education Research Centre (LTERC); Office of Indigenous Engagement; School of Education and the Arts (2013- );

Era Eligible

  • Yes

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