This looks very interesting on concepts of fictive #kinship in #archaeology including adoption, fosterage, commensality.
https://www.sciepublish.com/article/pii/722
https://www.sciepublish.com/article/pii/722
Beyond Genetics: Exploring Aspects of
Non-Biological Kinship in Prehistoric Times
This article explores alternative ways of conceptualizing kinship in prehistoric contexts beyond the confines of genetic reductionism. While ancient DNA research has revitalized interest in the archaeology of kinship, it often privileges patrilineal or matrilineal models and risks obscuring forms of relatedness not grounded in biological ties. Drawing on comparative anthropological models and archaeological case studies, the paper highlights the complexity of kinship as manifested in practices of adoption, fosterage, commensality, co-residence, and non-biological affiliation within (non)nuclear households. By integrating socio-cultural, economic, and material dimensions, it demonstrates the diverse methodological and theoretical approaches necessary to move beyond descent-centered reconstructions. The discussion advocates for an interdisciplinary framework that challenges reductionist assumptions and opens new avenues for understanding relatedness in the deep past. Finally, the article emphasizes the village as a unit of analysis within a multi-scalar approach. It presents future directions and archaeological correlates of adoption, child circulation, and fosterage derived from archaeological, genetic, and ethnographic evidence.
www.sciepublish.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:47 AM
This looks very interesting on concepts of fictive #kinship in #archaeology including adoption, fosterage, commensality.
https://www.sciepublish.com/article/pii/722
https://www.sciepublish.com/article/pii/722
My parents had been married for a year -- he was 25 and she was 19 -- when the Sylmar earthquake hit at 6 AM.
Woke them up. Dad told Mom to run out into the street. Which she did. She waited for him. And waited. And finally went back in. To discovered he'd […]
[Original post on mstdn.social]
Woke them up. Dad told Mom to run out into the street. Which she did. She waited for him. And waited. And finally went back in. To discovered he'd […]
[Original post on mstdn.social]
November 7, 2025 at 11:17 PM
My parents had been married for a year -- he was 25 and she was 19 -- when the Sylmar earthquake hit at 6 AM.
Woke them up. Dad told Mom to run out into the street. Which she did. She waited for him. And waited. And finally went back in. To discovered he'd […]
[Original post on mstdn.social]
Woke them up. Dad told Mom to run out into the street. Which she did. She waited for him. And waited. And finally went back in. To discovered he'd […]
[Original post on mstdn.social]
"Drawing on comparative anthropological models and archaeological case studies, the paper highlights the complexity of kinship as manifested in practices of adoption, fosterage, commensality, co-residence, and non-biological affiliation"
Happy to announce that reflections on our workshop about non-biological kinship in Vienna last year is already published!
@anahcorral.bsky.social @sabinacvecek.bsky.social
www.sciepublish.com/article/pii/...
@anahcorral.bsky.social @sabinacvecek.bsky.social
www.sciepublish.com/article/pii/...
Beyond Genetics: Exploring Aspects of
Non-Biological Kinship in Prehistoric Times
This article explores alternative ways of
conceptualizing kinship in prehistoric contexts beyond the confines of genetic
reductionism. While ancient DNA research has revitalized interest in the
archae...
www.sciepublish.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:52 PM
"Drawing on comparative anthropological models and archaeological case studies, the paper highlights the complexity of kinship as manifested in practices of adoption, fosterage, commensality, co-residence, and non-biological affiliation"
In a nod to the upcoming "Thanksgiving" . . .
A 'lesson' in Open Commensality.
And the first "underground railroad".
A 'lesson' in Open Commensality.
And the first "underground railroad".
October 26, 2025 at 10:22 PM
In a nod to the upcoming "Thanksgiving" . . .
A 'lesson' in Open Commensality.
And the first "underground railroad".
A 'lesson' in Open Commensality.
And the first "underground railroad".
Lyu, S.. (2025, October 11). Sharing food, sharing space: Commensality as emotional infrastructure in a Canadian self-access centre [Oral presentation]. JASAL 2025 National Conference.
#EduSky #JASAL2025 #SelfAccessLearning #SAL #Commensality #MultilingualWriters #StudentSuccess
#EduSky #JASAL2025 #SelfAccessLearning #SAL #Commensality #MultilingualWriters #StudentSuccess
October 23, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Lyu, S.. (2025, October 11). Sharing food, sharing space: Commensality as emotional infrastructure in a Canadian self-access centre [Oral presentation]. JASAL 2025 National Conference.
#EduSky #JASAL2025 #SelfAccessLearning #SAL #Commensality #MultilingualWriters #StudentSuccess
#EduSky #JASAL2025 #SelfAccessLearning #SAL #Commensality #MultilingualWriters #StudentSuccess
I presented an idea about commensality at JASAL 2025, exploring how sharing food builds vital emotional connections in self-access centers.
This approach might address complex needs like academic anxiety and foster a sense of belonging for multilingual learners.
jasalorg.com/jasal-2025-n...
This approach might address complex needs like academic anxiety and foster a sense of belonging for multilingual learners.
jasalorg.com/jasal-2025-n...
JASAL 2025 National Conference
JASAL 2025 will take place at and is co-hosted by Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU), Beppu, Oita, on Saturday, October 11th, 2025. Format: Hybrid (on-site conference with partial online par…
jasalorg.com
October 23, 2025 at 5:26 AM
I presented an idea about commensality at JASAL 2025, exploring how sharing food builds vital emotional connections in self-access centers.
This approach might address complex needs like academic anxiety and foster a sense of belonging for multilingual learners.
jasalorg.com/jasal-2025-n...
This approach might address complex needs like academic anxiety and foster a sense of belonging for multilingual learners.
jasalorg.com/jasal-2025-n...
Working at the weekend - hoovering up the missed emails, planning the next week, ordering supplies. Next week I'm in a seminar on commensality, writing a management plan, driving a van of wheat for cleaning and doing soil testing and sample collection. Mad mix, busy, but I'm deliriously happy.
October 18, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Working at the weekend - hoovering up the missed emails, planning the next week, ordering supplies. Next week I'm in a seminar on commensality, writing a management plan, driving a van of wheat for cleaning and doing soil testing and sample collection. Mad mix, busy, but I'm deliriously happy.
Cooking and eating together connect us beyond hunger — to memory, identity, and home.
My latest piece explores how commensality becomes care and resistance for marginalised people: medium.com/the-new-clim...
My latest piece explores how commensality becomes care and resistance for marginalised people: medium.com/the-new-clim...
Commensality: Sharing More Than Food
Sharing food is part of many cultures, strengthening bonds of community. But for marginalised people, commensality goes deeper.
medium.com
October 13, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Cooking and eating together connect us beyond hunger — to memory, identity, and home.
My latest piece explores how commensality becomes care and resistance for marginalised people: medium.com/the-new-clim...
My latest piece explores how commensality becomes care and resistance for marginalised people: medium.com/the-new-clim...
In Food and Popular Culture (COMM 3Q92) Dr. Jackie Botterill is discussing eating together.
What is Commensality?
brocku.ca/social-scien...
#CPCF #BrockU #CommunicationStudies #PopularCulture #Food #FoodStudies
What is Commensality?
brocku.ca/social-scien...
#CPCF #BrockU #CommunicationStudies #PopularCulture #Food #FoodStudies
October 6, 2025 at 2:56 PM
In Food and Popular Culture (COMM 3Q92) Dr. Jackie Botterill is discussing eating together.
What is Commensality?
brocku.ca/social-scien...
#CPCF #BrockU #CommunicationStudies #PopularCulture #Food #FoodStudies
What is Commensality?
brocku.ca/social-scien...
#CPCF #BrockU #CommunicationStudies #PopularCulture #Food #FoodStudies
High-Season Piety: An Ethnographic Account of Community, Commensality, and Ritual in Anafi Island's Summertime Orthodox Christian Religious Practices discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...
High-Season Piety: An Ethnographic Account of Community, Commensality, and Ritual in Anafi Island's Summertime Orthodox Christian Religious Practices
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UCL Discovery
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October 2, 2025 at 7:43 AM
High-Season Piety: An Ethnographic Account of Community, Commensality, and Ritual in Anafi Island's Summertime Orthodox Christian Religious Practices discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...
a friend made me read this one anthropology article about the conceptualization of kinship in different cultures and its giving me a lot of fic ideas. the connection between mafuyu and her mom being drawn not only from an immutable blood tie but domestic commensality: shared food in a shared home.
September 21, 2025 at 1:55 AM
a friend made me read this one anthropology article about the conceptualization of kinship in different cultures and its giving me a lot of fic ideas. the connection between mafuyu and her mom being drawn not only from an immutable blood tie but domestic commensality: shared food in a shared home.
Food, Body and Society, a core module which is interesting in terms of social shifts and definitely around commensality. I was tempted by other modules on sustainable transitions and research methods but will have to go off and research those myself. Plus the timing (Tues) works well with placement.
September 19, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Food, Body and Society, a core module which is interesting in terms of social shifts and definitely around commensality. I was tempted by other modules on sustainable transitions and research methods but will have to go off and research those myself. Plus the timing (Tues) works well with placement.
The core paper of my Phd thesis is out!
In this paper, #commensality, i.e., the practice of eating together, is spatial, #rhythmic, and #affective. Its #performativity allows to advance the everyday trialectical movement in OS based on #HenriLefebvre writings on the #everyday and its complexities.
In this paper, #commensality, i.e., the practice of eating together, is spatial, #rhythmic, and #affective. Its #performativity allows to advance the everyday trialectical movement in OS based on #HenriLefebvre writings on the #everyday and its complexities.
𝗟𝗲𝘁’𝘀 𝗘𝗮𝘁 𝗧𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿! 𝗥𝗵𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀.
𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲 𝗠. 𝗛𝗮𝘀𝗯𝗶, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
@mariehasbi.bsky.social
𝗔𝗹𝗳𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗶𝗷𝗸, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Delft University of Technology; BI Norwegian Business School
shorturl.at/HBJl5
𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲 𝗠. 𝗛𝗮𝘀𝗯𝗶, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
@mariehasbi.bsky.social
𝗔𝗹𝗳𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗶𝗷𝗸, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Delft University of Technology; BI Norwegian Business School
shorturl.at/HBJl5
September 16, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The core paper of my Phd thesis is out!
In this paper, #commensality, i.e., the practice of eating together, is spatial, #rhythmic, and #affective. Its #performativity allows to advance the everyday trialectical movement in OS based on #HenriLefebvre writings on the #everyday and its complexities.
In this paper, #commensality, i.e., the practice of eating together, is spatial, #rhythmic, and #affective. Its #performativity allows to advance the everyday trialectical movement in OS based on #HenriLefebvre writings on the #everyday and its complexities.
𝗟𝗲𝘁’𝘀 𝗘𝗮𝘁 𝗧𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿! 𝗥𝗵𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀.
𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲 𝗠. 𝗛𝗮𝘀𝗯𝗶, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
@mariehasbi.bsky.social
𝗔𝗹𝗳𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗶𝗷𝗸, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Delft University of Technology; BI Norwegian Business School
shorturl.at/HBJl5
𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲 𝗠. 𝗛𝗮𝘀𝗯𝗶, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
@mariehasbi.bsky.social
𝗔𝗹𝗳𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗶𝗷𝗸, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Delft University of Technology; BI Norwegian Business School
shorturl.at/HBJl5
September 16, 2025 at 12:13 PM
𝗟𝗲𝘁’𝘀 𝗘𝗮𝘁 𝗧𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿! 𝗥𝗵𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀.
𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲 𝗠. 𝗛𝗮𝘀𝗯𝗶, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
@mariehasbi.bsky.social
𝗔𝗹𝗳𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗶𝗷𝗸, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Delft University of Technology; BI Norwegian Business School
shorturl.at/HBJl5
𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲 𝗠. 𝗛𝗮𝘀𝗯𝗶, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
@mariehasbi.bsky.social
𝗔𝗹𝗳𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗶𝗷𝗸, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Delft University of Technology; BI Norwegian Business School
shorturl.at/HBJl5
Delighted to have my photography research featured in the British Ecological Society Niche magazine!
We talk about photoelicitation, commensality and labour exploitation in Almería's intensive greenhouses.
With María López Rodríguez and @jlvicentevicente.bsky.social
#migration #foodsystems
We talk about photoelicitation, commensality and labour exploitation in Almería's intensive greenhouses.
With María López Rodríguez and @jlvicentevicente.bsky.social
#migration #foodsystems
September 15, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Delighted to have my photography research featured in the British Ecological Society Niche magazine!
We talk about photoelicitation, commensality and labour exploitation in Almería's intensive greenhouses.
With María López Rodríguez and @jlvicentevicente.bsky.social
#migration #foodsystems
We talk about photoelicitation, commensality and labour exploitation in Almería's intensive greenhouses.
With María López Rodríguez and @jlvicentevicente.bsky.social
#migration #foodsystems
Sorry I missed today's Autism Discourse. Got caught up reading about commensality in Uruk-era Mesopotamia, fell down a rabbit hole of SAS Commando diets and training schedules, then accidentally dropped a bunch of strawberries in a bowl of washing up liquid trying to chop a fruit salad
August 3, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Sorry I missed today's Autism Discourse. Got caught up reading about commensality in Uruk-era Mesopotamia, fell down a rabbit hole of SAS Commando diets and training schedules, then accidentally dropped a bunch of strawberries in a bowl of washing up liquid trying to chop a fruit salad
Rejecting any Gnostic-style dualism that denigrates the physical world, this theology posits matter as a sacred medium. The historical practice of providing cultic meals (pāššuru) and libations establishes a commensality between the divine and the mortal.
July 31, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Rejecting any Gnostic-style dualism that denigrates the physical world, this theology posits matter as a sacred medium. The historical practice of providing cultic meals (pāššuru) and libations establishes a commensality between the divine and the mortal.
We interviewed people (N = 146, Obs. = 437) about their sources of interdependence (e.g., relatedness, shared subsistence activities, commensality, co-residence, co-religiosity), shared fate, and helping towards an acquaintance, cousin, and a sibling (2/10).
July 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
We interviewed people (N = 146, Obs. = 437) about their sources of interdependence (e.g., relatedness, shared subsistence activities, commensality, co-residence, co-religiosity), shared fate, and helping towards an acquaintance, cousin, and a sibling (2/10).
The 2025 Oxford Food Symposium Young chefs provided their take on medieval humors to address modern concerns. An interactive lunch involving blind tasting, communal salad making and dishes showcasing links to their food culture and traditions, at times hidden. #recipes #foodculture #commensality
July 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The 2025 Oxford Food Symposium Young chefs provided their take on medieval humors to address modern concerns. An interactive lunch involving blind tasting, communal salad making and dishes showcasing links to their food culture and traditions, at times hidden. #recipes #foodculture #commensality
This year’s HIAS Summer School has just started and welcomes all speakers. HIAS alumnus Frédéric Vandenberghe & Frank Adloff @uni-hamburg.de have put together an inter-disciplinary menu to explore the ethics, ecologies and politics of food, conviviality and commensality. Details: bit.ly/40HPvXd
July 7, 2025 at 11:58 AM
This year’s HIAS Summer School has just started and welcomes all speakers. HIAS alumnus Frédéric Vandenberghe & Frank Adloff @uni-hamburg.de have put together an inter-disciplinary menu to explore the ethics, ecologies and politics of food, conviviality and commensality. Details: bit.ly/40HPvXd
‘What’s gay about soup? asks Prof Kate Thomas in Dilettante Army. A wonderful look into shared meals, chosen families, commensality, solidarity and poetry. And soup and spoons. #commensality #foodculture #communitites #sharefood #solidarity #poetry #relish
Ask Me What’s Gay about Soup
Join Kate Thomas for a warm and flavorful journey through the nourishing work of Queer Soup Night.
dilettantearmy.com
July 4, 2025 at 6:03 AM
‘What’s gay about soup? asks Prof Kate Thomas in Dilettante Army. A wonderful look into shared meals, chosen families, commensality, solidarity and poetry. And soup and spoons. #commensality #foodculture #communitites #sharefood #solidarity #poetry #relish
commensality (shared eating) is a key aspect of forming social bonds. invite your friends over for dinner, and next time you get an invite, say yes
Americans were already struggling with feelings of disconnection before COVID, but since 2020 American loneliness has spiked dramatically.
There is no one size fits all solution to these problems, but there is one easy solution to try, and that's eating meals with friends and family.
There is no one size fits all solution to these problems, but there is one easy solution to try, and that's eating meals with friends and family.
June 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
commensality (shared eating) is a key aspect of forming social bonds. invite your friends over for dinner, and next time you get an invite, say yes
"Homeric feasting can be said to encapsulate values that are likely to have simultaneously created and confirmed a collective ideology: the values of companionship and commensality, equal sharing and individual esteem, reciprocity and the obligations of hospitality"
S. Sherratt
Herakles ΑΘΑΝΑΤΑΙ
S. Sherratt
Herakles ΑΘΑΝΑΤΑΙ
June 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
"Homeric feasting can be said to encapsulate values that are likely to have simultaneously created and confirmed a collective ideology: the values of companionship and commensality, equal sharing and individual esteem, reciprocity and the obligations of hospitality"
S. Sherratt
Herakles ΑΘΑΝΑΤΑΙ
S. Sherratt
Herakles ΑΘΑΝΑΤΑΙ
“Make your own food, Jacob” - As part of the series on commensality Grzegorz Ochała, @uni-hamburg.de Fellow 2024-25, invites to share a meal with medieval Nubians at today’s #TuesdaySpotlight. He gives a brief look at the Nubian diet and eating habits.
May 27, 2025 at 7:35 AM
“Make your own food, Jacob” - As part of the series on commensality Grzegorz Ochała, @uni-hamburg.de Fellow 2024-25, invites to share a meal with medieval Nubians at today’s #TuesdaySpotlight. He gives a brief look at the Nubian diet and eating habits.
Sunday at 9:30 am:
Commensality: The Open Table
Jesus talks a lot about the kingdom (or "kin-dom") of
God. What did he mean by that, and how do the
various Easter stories in the Gospels re-present that
beloved community?
Check out the link to join our Sunday Service online! linktr.ee/firstucdsm
Commensality: The Open Table
Jesus talks a lot about the kingdom (or "kin-dom") of
God. What did he mean by that, and how do the
various Easter stories in the Gospels re-present that
beloved community?
Check out the link to join our Sunday Service online! linktr.ee/firstucdsm
April 18, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Sunday at 9:30 am:
Commensality: The Open Table
Jesus talks a lot about the kingdom (or "kin-dom") of
God. What did he mean by that, and how do the
various Easter stories in the Gospels re-present that
beloved community?
Check out the link to join our Sunday Service online! linktr.ee/firstucdsm
Commensality: The Open Table
Jesus talks a lot about the kingdom (or "kin-dom") of
God. What did he mean by that, and how do the
various Easter stories in the Gospels re-present that
beloved community?
Check out the link to join our Sunday Service online! linktr.ee/firstucdsm