Titel
Tripe Soup at the Service Area: Thoughts about an Infrastructure of Meaningful Sociality
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Abstract
In this paper, I draw on ethnographic fieldwork (participant observation) carried out at a Bulgarian service area to argue that such spaces create a ‘meaningful sociality’ building on imagination and sensual experience, as well as on experiences of intersectional oppression or dominance. I draw on the history and adaptations of shkembeto (tripe soup) and my observations of its preparation and serving at one such service area. This soup, which is famous in Turkey and Bulgaria, offers some people disorienting sensory experiences that are associated with complex power relations, which makes the service area a site for reflection on discrimination and gender roles. The paper closes with reflections on the sociality of such places, which is ephemeral but meaningful both there and at home.
Stichwort
meaningful socialityinfrastructureservice areatripe soupethnography
Objekt-Typ
Sprache
Englisch [eng]
Persistent identifier
Erschienen in
Titel
Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics
Band
18
Ausgabe
1
ISSN
1736-6518
Erscheinungsdatum
2024
Seitenanfang
152
Seitenende
166
Publication
Sciendo
Erscheinungsdatum
2024
Zugänglichkeit
Rechteangabe
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