The Ecotone with Aya Hirata Kimura - ‘Fermenting for the Future'

May 6, 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Mānoa Campus, Moore Hall, Room 319

Fermenting for the Future reveals the fascinating story of tsukemono, the rich variety of pickles that have been an integral part of the Japanese diet for over a thousand years. Today, industrial pasteurization and declining agrodiversity have led to the disappearance of many of the hundreds of traditional tsukemono along with their benefits to human health. While fermenting vegetables and fruits was once a task of domestic drudgery, Aya Hirata Kimura shows how the art of tsukemono can now be appreciated as a catalyst for sociocultural change amid a growing awareness of the drawbacks of antibiotic modernity. Lunch will be provided at this talk.


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Free to Attend! Register at https://go.hawaii.edu/iXy!

Event Sponsor
Center for Pacific Islands Studies, Department of Asian Studies, The AAPI Environmental Humanities & Environmental Justice Initiative, Mānoa Campus

More Information
Michelle Harangody, (808) 956-0926, msharan@hawaii.edu

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