De Guzman Presents Cyberfoodscapes Study in 2019 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers

Asst. Prof. Mylene T. De Guzman presented her study entitled “Cyberfoodscapes: Instagramming the Ybanag Delicacy, Batil Patung” as part of the session, “Bagels and bytes 2: Geographies of Food in our Precarious Present” in the recently concluded 2019 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers in Washington D.C., USA. The panel presented a discussion on the variegated ideas and debates surrounding food and the ways by which digital platforms are shaping food perceptions, practices, and performativities.

Asst. Prof. De Guzman (seated rightmost) as part of the geographies of food panel.

The exploratory study Asst. Prof. De Guzman presented focuses on the use of data scraping as a method in human geographic research in general, and food studies in particular. The paper delved into the extension of the foodscapes of a place-based dish, batil patung, into the realm of cyberspace.

Asst. Prof. Mylene De Guzman delivering the  presentation.

See the abstract of the presentation here.

See the session here.