Longing for Recognition offers a radical new way of understanding dietetics. The author is a practicing dietitian who presents a critical and thought-provoking argument for a more self-reflexive and embodied profession.
Longing for Recognition deploys autoethnographic fiction to draw the reader into its timely call for rethinking what counts as knowledge in dietetic education. The story that ensues is one where “doing” (performativity) emerges from “being” (subjectivity) such that the joys, complexities, and contradictions of dietetics are embraced.
Longing for Recognition will be invaluable for dietitians who wish to develop a more effective relational practice that considers first and foremost what it means to be human.
