Ologies with Alie Ward Entomophagy Anthropology (EATING BUGS AS SUSTAINABLE PROTEIN) with Julie Lesnik
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Jan 1, 2019 AI Snips
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From Tools to Eating Bugs
- Julie Lesnik transitioned from studying tools to eating bugs through termite mound research.
- She tasted termites fresh from mounds, comparing the flavor to popcorn.
Latitude Shapes Bug Eating
- Insect consumption is more common in tropical regions, reducing in higher latitudes.
- Environmental factors largely shape cultural acceptance or rejection of eating insects.
Colonial Roots of Bug Stigma
- Western aversion to insect eating stems from colonial attitudes that portrayed insect eaters as "beasts."
- This negative stigma was used as propaganda to justify colonization and exploitation.