Ishita Dey on Crafting Doi: Placemaking, Ecology, and Labor in Bangladesh

Summary

How does a food come to be linked to a place when there is movement and change? In this episode, food anthropologist ⁠Ishita Dey⁠ talks with Gastronomica’s ⁠Krishnendu Ray⁠ about placemaking amidst historical, political, and ecological change in Bangladesh. Ishita shares stories and insights on the craft of sweetmaking from ⁠her research into Bogurar doi⁠, bridging ecologies of dairy and fermentation with human geographies of migration, labor, and caste.

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