‘Food has always
been in the background
of my and
my family’s interest.’
Dr ANA TOMINC
LECTURER, BUSINESS, ENTERPRISE AND MANAGEMENT
I’m Dr Ana Tominc, and I’m a Lecturer in Gastronomy
at Queen Margaret University. In this role, I teach and
research about food, culture and communication.
Even though I decided to study social
anthropology and on a postgraduate
level, linguistics, food has always been
in the background of my and my
family’s interest. I had an excellent
(female) doctoral supervisor, with
whom I had a chance to discuss my
“cooking” research but also, how it is
to be a woman in academia.
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I am specifically interested in
representation of food and cooking
in television cooking shows and
cookbooks today and in the past and
ways in which these change.
In particular, I look at the connection
between identity, taste and social
groups, such as class, which
demonstrate how one group creates
distinction as opposed to the other
through what we eat. To me, this is
fascinating, especially as it can help
understand why changing food habits
can be quite a difficult task!
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