"Salt is the Soul of Hakka Baked Chicken": Reimagining Traditional Chinese Culinary ICH for Modern Contexts Without Losing Tradition

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Hauptverfasser: Liu, Sijia, Zeng, XiaoKe, Wu, Fengyihan, Ye, Shu, Liu, Bowen, Cheung, Sidney, Allen, Richard William, Lc, Ray
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author Liu, Sijia
Zeng, XiaoKe
Wu, Fengyihan
Ye, Shu
Liu, Bowen
Cheung, Sidney
Allen, Richard William
Lc, Ray
author_facet Liu, Sijia
Zeng, XiaoKe
Wu, Fengyihan
Ye, Shu
Liu, Bowen
Cheung, Sidney
Allen, Richard William
Lc, Ray
contents Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) like traditional culinary practices face increasing pressure to adapt to globalization while maintaining their cultural authenticity. Centuries-old traditions in Chinese cuisine are subject to rapid changes for adaptation to contemporary tastes and dietary preferences. The preservation of these cultural practices requires approaches that can enable ICH practitioners to reimagine and recreate ICH for modern contexts. To address this, we created workshops where experienced practitioners of traditional Chinese cuisine co-created recipes using GenAI tools and realized the dishes. We found that GenAI inspired ICH practitioners to innovate recipes based on traditional workflows for broader audiences and adapt to modern dining contexts. However, GenAI-inspired co-creation posed challenges in maintaining the accuracy of original ICH workflows and preserving traditional flavors in the culinary outcomes. This study offers implications for designing human-AI collaborative processes for safeguarding and enhancing culinary ICH.
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spellingShingle "Salt is the Soul of Hakka Baked Chicken": Reimagining Traditional Chinese Culinary ICH for Modern Contexts Without Losing Tradition
Liu, Sijia
Zeng, XiaoKe
Wu, Fengyihan
Ye, Shu
Liu, Bowen
Cheung, Sidney
Allen, Richard William
Lc, Ray
Human-Computer Interaction
Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) like traditional culinary practices face increasing pressure to adapt to globalization while maintaining their cultural authenticity. Centuries-old traditions in Chinese cuisine are subject to rapid changes for adaptation to contemporary tastes and dietary preferences. The preservation of these cultural practices requires approaches that can enable ICH practitioners to reimagine and recreate ICH for modern contexts. To address this, we created workshops where experienced practitioners of traditional Chinese cuisine co-created recipes using GenAI tools and realized the dishes. We found that GenAI inspired ICH practitioners to innovate recipes based on traditional workflows for broader audiences and adapt to modern dining contexts. However, GenAI-inspired co-creation posed challenges in maintaining the accuracy of original ICH workflows and preserving traditional flavors in the culinary outcomes. This study offers implications for designing human-AI collaborative processes for safeguarding and enhancing culinary ICH.
title "Salt is the Soul of Hakka Baked Chicken": Reimagining Traditional Chinese Culinary ICH for Modern Contexts Without Losing Tradition
topic Human-Computer Interaction
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.02542