Haptic heritage and the paradox of provenance within Singapore's cottage food businesses

• Main Authors: WOODS, Orlando, DONALDSON, John A.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2021
• Subjects: Haptic heritage; culinary heritage; provenance; cottage businesses; Singapore; Asian Studies; Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations; Place and Environment; Sociology of Culture
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research_all/27; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1021&context=soss_research_all
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This paper offers a “more-than-representational” understanding of how heritage value is reproduced by cottage food businesses in Singapore. It advances the notion of haptic heritage to highlight the importance of touch and feel in inculcating food with a sense of heritage value. Haptic heritage is r...