Tracking vanishing foods: a comparative study of the strategy and dynamics of a 'Chinese' diasporic identity in the UK

该项目试图追踪泰恩赛德和大格拉斯哥地区正在消失的中国菜肴、食品或食品加工方法。它将调查这两个地区的中餐馆和外卖服务的饮食习惯：大都会和郊区。通过这项调查，该项目旨在确定为什么中国侨民中的一些群体在日常用餐、制作食物菜单或招待朋友时忽略甚至放弃准备某些食物的背景和原因。此外，该项目旨在理清食物和散居身份之间的关系，以了解饮食文化的演变和与食物有关的移民问题。该项目采用民族志的方法，绘制了流散认同的策略和动态，并回答了三个问题：何时、何地以及如何重建流散认同。

This project attempts to track vanishing Chinese dishes, foods, orfood-processing methods in Tyneside and Greater Glasgow. It willinvestigate food practices in Chinese restaurants and delivery servicesin two settings in those two areas: metropolis and suburb. Throughthis investigation, the project aims to identify the contexts and reasonswhy some groups within the Chinese diaspora ignore or even give uppreparing certain food when having their daily meals, making foodmenus, or treating friends. Furthermore, the project intends todisentangle the correlation between food and diasporic identities tounderstand the evolution of food cultures and food-relatedimmigration issues. Using an ethnographic approach, the projectmeans to map the strategies and dynamics of diasporic identities andanswer three questions: when, where, and how re-establishingdiasporic identities occur.