Two ideas guide the work of the House of Zaikanama.

 

Ingested Historiography

 

Ingested Historiography is a term developed within the House of Zaikanama.

 

It begins with a practical observation: food carries historical knowledge which is not only metaphorical but material that is ingested.

 

Cooking, serving, and eating leave behind patterns. They record labour, hierarchy, and the organisation of daily life. These patterns can be approached as historical evidence.

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Food as Architecture™

 

Food as Architecture examines how food practices organise social space.

 

Who cooks and serves. Who gets to sit at the table and who is expected to wait. These arrangements often appear ordinary. They are anything but ordinary.

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Looking closely at these arrangements allows everyday meals to be read as social architecture as revealed by a meal served and eaten.

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