kitchens

Alternative approaches for studying and designing the domestic kitchen need to be considered so that the space can reach its further potential. ‘Food-centric approach’ is one of the alternative ways that could be adopted which disrupts the centrality of the consumer. Food-centri…

Globally over 3 billion people use solid fuel cookstoves to meet household energy demand. Cookstove emissions lead to household and ambient air pollution, with adverse health and climate impacts. To reduce these harmful impacts, alternative cookstove technologies have been devel…

This dissertation examines the organization and administration of the production of food in Mesopotamia during the Ur III period, ca. 2100-2000 B.C.E. In the first chapter, I present a brief history of the period, and argue that the political events---in particular, the Ur III s…