Food Rules and Rituals - Proceedings of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery 2023 - Mark McWilliams

Food Rules and Rituals - Proceedings of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery 2023 - Mark McWilliams

Connecting Crumbs: An Intellectual and Information Science History of Special Food Collections

Food Rules and Rituals - Proceedings of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery 2023 - Mark McWilliams

James Edward Malin [+-]
James Edward Malin is a Librarian and Food History researcher. His work focuses on the intersections of food, information, and science history.

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Over the past century, food-related special collections have gained mass appeal. However, what accounts for this phenomenon is more than just the fashion cycle churning among scholars and special collections librarians. The multitude of special food collections is symptomatic of information systems that have misclassified their contents from the beginning. In this paper, I contrast food information history with important moments in the history of information science and their correlative intellectual advancements. With this knowledge, we can better understand the intrinsic rules that govern food information and learn how to navigate them in pursuing food history.

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Malin, James Edward. Connecting Crumbs: An Intellectual and Information Science History of Special Food Collections. Food Rules and Rituals - Proceedings of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery 2023. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. p. 212-222 Jul 2024. ISBN 9781800505766. https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/view-chapter/?id=46066. Date accessed: 09 Dec 2024 doi: 10.1558/equinox.46066. Jul 2024

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