{"id":53285,"date":"2024-08-23T13:45:52","date_gmt":"2024-08-23T13:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matis.is\/?p=53285"},"modified":"2024-08-23T13:45:53","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T13:45:53","slug":"mother-cultures-skyr-microbes-dairy-maids-and-super-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matis.is\/en\/greinar\/mother-cultures-skyr-microbes-dairy-maids-and-super-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother Cultures: Skyr Microbes, Dairy Maids and Super Women"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This article explores long-standing symbiotic relationships between women and microbes in Iceland while analyzing the transformation of this relationship in the making of the dairy product skyr during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. In the past, differences in microbial cultures and production methods meant that the taste and texture of milk varied greatly. Standardization and technological innovations have steadily impoverished its microbial diversity over the past 120 years. Starting from a historical account of skyr making, we zoom in on skyr in the twenty-first century, a period in which skyr has had an international breakthrough, captured in branding efforts and advertising campaigns produced in this decade for various types of skyr from producers in Iceland, Europe and the United States.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article explores long-standing symbiotic relations between women and microbes in Iceland while analysing the transformation of this relationship in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-greinar.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2011],"tags":[2356,2357,1380,1245,2358],"class_list":["post-53285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-greinar","tag-foodways","tag-gender","tag-microbes","tag-skyr","tag-symbiotic-practices"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mother Cultures: Skyr Microbes, Dairy Maids and Super Women - Mat\u00eds<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/matis.is\/en\/greinar\/mother-cultures-skyr-microbes-dairy-maids-and-super-women\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mother Cultures: Skyr Microbes, Dairy Maids and Super Women - Mat\u00eds\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This article explores long-standing symbiotic relations between women and microbes in Iceland while analysing the transformation of this relationship in [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/matis.is\/en\/greinar\/mother-cultures-skyr-microbes-dairy-maids-and-super-women\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mat\u00eds\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/matisiceland\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-08-23T13:45:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-08-23T13:45:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Krist\u00edn Edda Gylfad\u00f3ttir\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@matisiceland\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@matisiceland\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Krist\u00edn Edda Gylfad\u00f3ttir\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/matis.is\\\/en\\\/greinar\\\/mother-cultures-skyr-microbes-dairy-maids-and-super-women\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/matis.is\\\/en\\\/greinar\\\/mother-cultures-skyr-microbes-dairy-maids-and-super-women\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Krist\u00edn Edda Gylfad\u00f3ttir\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/matis.is\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/af2d479c72e5e79c4570d409abf2dc9b\"},\"headline\":\"Mother Cultures: Skyr Microbes, Dairy Maids and Super Women\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-08-23T13:45:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-08-23T13:45:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/matis.is\\\/en\\\/greinar\\\/mother-cultures-skyr-microbes-dairy-maids-and-super-women\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":128,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/matis.is\\\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"foodways\",\"gender\",\"Microbes\",\"Skyr\",\"symbiotic practices\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Greinar\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/matis.is\\\/en\\\/greinar\\\/mother-cultures-skyr-microbes-dairy-maids-and-super-women\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/matis.is\\\/en\\\/greinar\\\/mother-cultures-skyr-microbes-dairy-maids-and-super-women\\\/\",\"name\":\"Mother Cultures: Skyr Microbes, Dairy Maids and Super Women - Mat\u00eds\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/matis.is\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-08-23T13:45:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-08-23T13:45:53+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/matis.is\\\/en\\\/greinar\\\/mother-cultures-skyr-microbes-dairy-maids-and-super-women\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/matis.is\\\/en\\\/greinar\\\/mother-cultures-skyr-microbes-dairy-maids-and-super-women\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/matis.is\\\/en\\\/greinar\\\/mother-cultures-skyr-microbes-dairy-maids-and-super-women\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/matis.is\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Mother Cultures: Skyr Microbes, Dairy Maids and Super Women\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/matis.is\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/matis.is\\\/\",\"name\":\"Mat\u00eds\",\"description\":\"Ver\u00f0m\u00e6task\u00f6pun, matv\u00e6la\u00f6ryggi og l\u00fd\u00f0heilsa\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/matis.is\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/matis.is\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/matis.is\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Mat\u00eds ohf.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/matis.is\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/matis.is\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/matis.is\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/02\\\/matis_logo_blatthvitt.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/matis.is\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/02\\\/matis_logo_blatthvitt.png\",\"width\":1507,\"height\":1507,\"caption\":\"Mat\u00eds ohf.\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/matis.is\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/matisiceland\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/matisiceland\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/matisiceland\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/matisiceland\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCY-frt3uTqgVZW-DLjoo5bA\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/matis.is\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/af2d479c72e5e79c4570d409abf2dc9b\",\"name\":\"Krist\u00edn Edda Gylfad\u00f3ttir\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/matis.is\\\/en\\\/author\\\/kristingmatis-is\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Mother Cultures: Skyr Microbes, Dairy Maids and Super Women - Mat\u00eds","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/matis.is\/en\/greinar\/mother-cultures-skyr-microbes-dairy-maids-and-super-women\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Mother Cultures: Skyr Microbes, Dairy Maids and Super Women - Mat\u00eds","og_description":"This article explores long-standing symbiotic relations between women and microbes in Iceland while analysing the transformation of this relationship in [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/matis.is\/en\/greinar\/mother-cultures-skyr-microbes-dairy-maids-and-super-women\/","og_site_name":"Mat\u00eds","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/matisiceland","article_published_time":"2024-08-23T13:45:52+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-08-23T13:45:53+00:00","author":"Krist\u00edn Edda Gylfad\u00f3ttir","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@matisiceland","twitter_site":"@matisiceland","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Krist\u00edn Edda Gylfad\u00f3ttir"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/matis.is\/en\/greinar\/mother-cultures-skyr-microbes-dairy-maids-and-super-women\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/matis.is\/en\/greinar\/mother-cultures-skyr-microbes-dairy-maids-and-super-women\/"},"author":{"name":"Krist\u00edn Edda Gylfad\u00f3ttir","@id":"https:\/\/matis.is\/#\/schema\/person\/af2d479c72e5e79c4570d409abf2dc9b"},"headline":"Mother Cultures: Skyr Microbes, Dairy Maids and Super Women","datePublished":"2024-08-23T13:45:52+00:00","dateModified":"2024-08-23T13:45:53+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/matis.is\/en\/greinar\/mother-cultures-skyr-microbes-dairy-maids-and-super-women\/"},"wordCount":128,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/matis.is\/#organization"},"keywords":["foodways","gender","Microbes","Skyr","symbiotic practices"],"articleSection":["Greinar"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/matis.is\/en\/greinar\/mother-cultures-skyr-microbes-dairy-maids-and-super-women\/","url":"https:\/\/matis.is\/en\/greinar\/mother-cultures-skyr-microbes-dairy-maids-and-super-women\/","name":"Mother Cultures: Skyr Microbes, Dairy Maids and Super Women - Mat\u00eds","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/matis.is\/#website"},"datePublished":"2024-08-23T13:45:52+00:00","dateModified":"2024-08-23T13:45:53+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/matis.is\/en\/greinar\/mother-cultures-skyr-microbes-dairy-maids-and-super-women\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/matis.is\/en\/greinar\/mother-cultures-skyr-microbes-dairy-maids-and-super-women\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/matis.is\/en\/greinar\/mother-cultures-skyr-microbes-dairy-maids-and-super-women\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/matis.is\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Mother Cultures: Skyr Microbes, Dairy Maids and Super Women"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/matis.is\/#website","url":"https:\/\/matis.is\/","name":"Mat\u00eds","description":"Value creation, food security and public health","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/matis.is\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/matis.is\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/matis.is\/#organization","name":"Mat\u00eds ohf.","url":"https:\/\/matis.is\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/matis.is\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/matis.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/matis_logo_blatthvitt.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/matis.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/matis_logo_blatthvitt.png","width":1507,"height":1507,"caption":"Mat\u00eds ohf."},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/matis.is\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/matisiceland","https:\/\/x.com\/matisiceland","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/matisiceland\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/matisiceland\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCY-frt3uTqgVZW-DLjoo5bA"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/matis.is\/#\/schema\/person\/af2d479c72e5e79c4570d409abf2dc9b","name":"Krist\u00edn Edda Gylfad\u00f3ttir","url":"https:\/\/matis.is\/en\/author\/kristingmatis-is\/"}]}},"spectra_custom_meta":{"_edit_lock":["1724420753:3"],"_wp_page_template":["template-greinar.php"],"content-type":[""],"footnotes":[""],"_edit_last":["3"],"authors":["Valdimar Tr. Hafstein, J\u00f3n \u00de\u00f3r P\u00e9tursson, Vigg\u00f3 \u00de\u00f3r Marteinsson"],"_authors":["field_60a287218a0ab"],"publication":["Ethnologia Europaea"],"_publication":["field_60a287738a0ac"],"edition":["Vol. 54, Issue 1"],"_edition":["field_60a287918a0ad"],"page":[""],"_page":["field_60a2879f8a0ae"],"year":["2024"],"_year":["field_60a287a58a0af"],"link":["a:3:{s:5:\"title\";s:12:\"Sko\u00f0a grein\";s:3:\"url\";s:84:\"https:\/\/www.berghahnjournals.com\/view\/journals\/ethnologia-europaea\/54\/1\/ee540102.xml\";s:6:\"target\";s:6:\"_blank\";}"],"_link":["field_60a287aa8a0b0"],"orcidid":[""],"_orcidid":["field_60a287c28a0b1"],"matis_tengilidur":["a:1:{i:0;s:5:\"28317\";}"],"_matis_tengilidur":["field_60a65b61f4532"],"tengill_a_grein":[""],"_tengill_a_grein":["field_61641790ac6c9"],"doi":["https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3167\/ee.2024.540102"],"_doi":["field_616417d8ac6ca"],"_":["field_630df27cc5801"],"tengilidur":[""],"_tengilidur":["field_5ef905e0538b2"],"_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":["2011"],"_yoast_wpseo_estimated-reading-time-minutes":["0"],"_uag_css_file_name":["uag-css-53285.css"],"_uag_page_assets":["a:9:{s:3:\"css\";s:263:\".uag-blocks-common-selector{z-index:var(--z-index-desktop) !important}@media (max-width: 976px){.uag-blocks-common-selector{z-index:var(--z-index-tablet) !important}}@media (max-width: 767px){.uag-blocks-common-selector{z-index:var(--z-index-mobile) !important}}\n\";s:2:\"js\";s:0:\"\";s:18:\"current_block_list\";a:6:{i:0;s:14:\"core\/paragraph\";i:1;s:12:\"core\/buttons\";i:2;s:11:\"core\/button\";i:3;s:12:\"core\/heading\";i:4;s:12:\"core\/columns\";i:5;s:11:\"core\/column\";}s:8:\"uag_flag\";b:0;s:11:\"uag_version\";s:10:\"1776182148\";s:6:\"gfonts\";a:0:{}s:10:\"gfonts_url\";s:0:\"\";s:12:\"gfonts_files\";a:0:{}s:14:\"uag_faq_layout\";b:0;}"]},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"trp-custom-language-flag":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Krist\u00edn Edda Gylfad\u00f3ttir","author_link":"https:\/\/matis.is\/en\/author\/kristingmatis-is\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"This article explores long-standing symbiotic relations between women and microbes in Iceland while analysing the transformation of this relationship in [&hellip;]","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/matis.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/matis.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/matis.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matis.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matis.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53285"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/matis.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53288,"href":"https:\/\/matis.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53285\/revisions\/53288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/matis.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matis.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matis.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}