Food · field research
Physical-First Intelligence in the Kitchen
Food as an entry into the body, relationships, skilled practice and collective life.
What can a system learn from the effort of making food part of a person’s day?
Follow food into daily life.
The kitchen provides a setting for inquiry into food, lived understanding and the capacity to act. Its relevance extends through the body, relationships, skilled practice and collective life.
Make the research practical.
The paper sets out a scientific position and a proposed research programme. The Kitchen DLA is its authored applied method: a field expression through which those questions can be explored.
Version 1.4 · Draft for review · September 2026