The Bashkirs are one of the Turkic-speaking peoples of the Volga-Ural region, located at the junction of Asia and Europe. The majority of Bashkirs live in Bashkortostan (or Bashkiria) and there are diaspora groups outside it. Bashkir is a Turkic language belonging to the Kipchak branch. (See the corresponding Wikipedia articles.) The basis of the… Continue reading The Bashkir dairy food katyk or oyotkan
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Traditional Hungarian Yogurt: tarhó
The Finno-Ugric-speaking Hungarian people, who migrated to Europe from the east and were genetically partially Finno-Ugric and mostly Turkic, settled in the territory of present-day Hungary in the 9th–10th centuries. In the 11th–13th centuries, several waves of Cumans (Kuns) and Jász people (nomadic Alanic people from the Pontic steppe) arrived from the east, who settled… Continue reading Traditional Hungarian Yogurt: tarhó
Yoghurt – a traditional food for Bulgarians
The natural connection between human beings, their labour and nature penetrates the worldview of all cultures from different historical eras and it determines the thoughts of a person within a traditional society, including Bulgarians. For example, wheat production and sheep breeding are highly significant for Bulgarians – they measure their fortune not only by the… Continue reading Yoghurt – a traditional food for Bulgarians
An Eye on Rye
At home most especially in northern climes and their corresponding latitudes in the southern hemisphere, breads made from rye are highly iconic in local and international identities, witness the Rye Route that runs through Estonia, where the National Agricultural Museum in Ülenurme, south of Tartu, held AIMA’s 2017 congress (1). Rye bread in many forms… Continue reading An Eye on Rye
Traditional Udmurt Yogurt – Yölpyd
To introduce us to the many hues of “yoghurt”, Tatiana Minniyakhmetova can tell us a tale or two about the traditional yoghurt of the Udmurts, who call it yölpyd, a sour clotted milk in both everyday and ritual meals. Editor’s Note This contribution by Tatiana Minniyakhmetova comes to the AIMA thanks to a collaborative effort… Continue reading Traditional Udmurt Yogurt – Yölpyd
What, if Anything, is Yoghurt?*
Have you ever thought about yoghurt, really? That there might be more than plain and flavoured? That it might be an iconic food in many places and still made in traditional ways? Two fruit and one plain yoghurt, local production by a farmer in the Morbihan, France, Photo C. Griffin-Kremer We may do well to… Continue reading What, if Anything, is Yoghurt?*
What the stained glass of Notre-Dame de Chartres cathedral tells us about stockraising
In the medieval Occident, ‘the countryside is everything’: nearly 90% of the population tilled the earth, and in the portals of churches, in frescos, stained glass windows or in prayer books, we see ever and again the works of the months, most of them relating directly to the main sectors of agriculture – grain-growing, wine-production… Continue reading What the stained glass of Notre-Dame de Chartres cathedral tells us about stockraising
International Women’s Day AIMA Lecture – 8 March 2023
Please register under: aimalecturesreg@gmail.com by 3 March 2023. We will then provide you with the Zoom-Link to attend the lecture. Mark your calendars: 14:00 Central European Time; 8:00 am Eastern Standard Time; Midnight Sydney, Australia.
From a 350-million-year-old fossil to a contemporary glass sculpture, the story of an artwork that was a long time in the making.
The Creeping and The Wise by Anne Vibeke Mou. (Photo by John McKenzie) In 2018 UK-based artist Anne Vibeke Mou embarked upon a research project exploring the history of the North of Scotland’s kelp industry (kelp ash was once used as an ingredient for glass making), as part of her ongoing work A Botany of… Continue reading From a 350-million-year-old fossil to a contemporary glass sculpture, the story of an artwork that was a long time in the making.
AIMA Conference in India – 13-18 October 2023
AIMA is pleased to announce the 20th triennial conference in India, with two hosts, Shoolini University, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, and Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab. The dates are 13, 14 and 15 October 2023 at Shoolini University and 16, 17, and 18 at Punjab Agricultural University which includes the oldest agricultural museum in Punjab, the… Continue reading AIMA Conference in India – 13-18 October 2023