For Activity #1, you will work together in groups of 2 or 3.
Your group should select and analyze any ONE of the following scholarly articles.
Download a PDF of the article you choose and work together to answer the questions in the worksheet.
The purpose of this activity is for you to explore the components of a typical scholarly article.
Article 1: Ghosh-Jerath, S., et al. (2016). Exploring the potential of indigenous foods to address hidden hunger: Nutritive value of indigenous foods of Santhal tribal community of Jharkhand, India. Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, 11(4), 548–568.
Article 2: Huambachano, M. A. (2019). Indigenous food sovereignty: Reclaiming food as sacred medicine in Aotearoa New Zealand and Peru. New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 43(3), 1–6.
Article 3: Joseph, L., & Turner, N. J. (2020). “The old foods are the new foods!”: Erosion and revitalization of indigenous food systems in northwestern North America. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 4.
Article 4: Kalidou, A. I., Qi, G., Ndimbo, G. K., & Wu, B. (2024). The value of indigenous knowledge for enhancing smallholders’ resilience to climate change and food insecurity: A case study of small-scale irrigation system in Niger. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 22(1).
Article 5: Noe, S. J. (2023). Indigenous foodways as persistence in the Alta California mission system. American Antiquity, 88(4), 451–475.
For Activity 2, you'll be working on your own and we'll be discussing the results as a group. The purpose of this activity is to get you thinking about your paper topic and potential keywords that would be useful in your search for information.