Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Netherlands
fellow
Ying-Tzu Lin
Home institution
the Institute of Network Cultures
Country of origin (home institution)
Netherlands
Discipline(s)
Cultural studies
Theme(s)
Agriculture & Food
Cultural Studies
Environment, Sustainability & Biodiversity
Fellowship dates
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Biography
Ying-Tzu was a Meertens Fellow at NIAS during 2024-2025.
My research touches extensively on urban public spaces, governances and social impacts. With the ongoing PhD research, I am exploring the complexity of planning mixed-use public spaces with a governance lens. In particular I look at urban street markets in Amsterdam and Taipei. Other side tracks including urban food system and commons, urban playgrounds and childhood friendly environment and critical platform urbanism.
Research Project
Post-growth cookbook: re-appropriating Dutch food history towards knowledge co-production for envisioning a post growth diet in a contemporary urban Dutch context
Research question: How can culinary ethnography on Dutch historical recipes offer theoretical and practical knowledge production to shape a post-growth food future?
Food is essential for human survival, but today’s food system is in trouble due to unsustainable practices and inequalities driven by profit-focused, modernized food industries. Amid theories and small-scale alternative practices, there’s a pressing need to figure out how individuals can adopt practical, sustainable habits in their daily lives.
The Netherlands plays a key role in the global food system. Dutch food consumption, influenced by colonialism and global trade, reflects much more than just local culture. These eating habits also impact social, economic, and environmental changes around the world.
Historical food studies show that it’s possible to enjoy a sustainable diet with flavorful dishes using limited resources. Ying-Tzu plans to use historical cookbooks and recipes in participatory culinary ethnography to help create and share practical knowledge about sustainable diets in an urban Dutch setting.
Research Interests:
urban public spaces; governances and social impacts; critical platform urbanism; urban food system