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    • Barbecue Humanities** (*Korean:* 바비큐 인문학) is an interdisciplinary academic perspective that explores the social, cultural, and philosophical shifts in humanity driven by the control of fire and the thermal processing of meat—from the prehistoric origins of cooking to contemporary barbecue culture. First conceptualized and systematized by Korean barbecue scholar Youngki Cha (pen name Shaka), the framework moves beyond culinary technique to analyze thermal cooking (*hwasik*, 火食) as a foundational act of human civilization.[1][2]

The theoretical framework was comprehensively consolidated in the 2026 monograph *Barbecue Humanities*, published by Kyomunsa. The volume traces the timeline of human fire-cooking from 1.9 million years ago to modern sports barbecue, integrating perspectives from archaeology, anthropology, philosophy, history, biology, political science, and sports science.

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    1. Academic Background

The conceptual framework of Barbecue Humanities synthesizes insights from evolutionary anthropology, sociology, and structural philosophy:

  • **Biological and Evolutionary Foundation:** Harvard anthropologist Richard Wrangham, in *Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human* (2009), argued that thermal cooking increased energetic yield and digestive efficiency, supplying the metabolic surplus required for encephalization in early *Homo* species.[3]
  • **Structural and Symbolic Boundary:** French anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss, in *Le Cru et le Cuit* (1964), posited that transforming raw food through fire marks the fundamental symbolic transition from Nature to Culture.[4]
  • **Social and Cognitive Cohesion:** Evolutionary psychologist Robin Dunbar emphasized that communal dining around shared fires served as a primary catalyst for language acquisition and narrative storytelling.[5]

Building upon these scholarly foundations, Barbecue Humanities positions the control of fire not merely as a survival mechanism, but as the foundational rite of human community formation.[6][1]

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    1. Core Concepts
      1. Slow & Low Philosophy

In Barbecue Humanities, *Slow & Low* refers to the culinary technique of subjecting meat to indirect heat at low temperatures (105–120°C) over extended periods. Conceptually, it represents an ethos prioritizing process over immediate output. Cha traces the historical origins of this methodology to the survival cooking techniques of 17th-century Jamaican Maroon communities, framing it as an ideological counter-model to modern industrial acceleration.[7]

      1. Homo Nallarians

A conceptual archetype proposed by Cha to describe human existential orientation in an era where artificial intelligence and automation reduce traditional labor demands. As routine work shifts to technological systems, expanded discretionary time centers around communal fire and culinary traditions. This paradigm shift gives rise to professional barbecue practice as a central element of a proposed "5th Industrial Revolution," with *Homo Nallarians* representing the primary cultural agents of this era.[8][9]

      1. Sports Barbecue

A structural framework established by Cha that redefines competitive barbecue into a recognized athletic discipline. The model establishes standardized rules, objective evaluation criteria, and formal competitive governance, institutionalized primarily through the Korea Outdoor Barbecue Association.[10]

      1. Pro Barbecuer

A term introduced to define practitioners who combine technical mastery of fire and meat processing with historical and philosophical literacy. The role is framed as a modern vocation focused on community restoration through thermal cooking traditions.[11]

      1. Primitivism Barbecue

The conceptual final stage in the evolutionary taxonomy of barbecue—progressing beyond Modernism, Revisionism, and Fundamentalism. It emphasizes a return to core elemental components (fire, meat, and time) over technological augmentation.[12]

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    1. Comparative Mythology and Korean Tradition

Barbecue Humanities reinterprets traditional Korean fire-cooking narratives through a comparative civilizational lens. The mythological figure Gosi-ssi (高矢氏) from the Dangun narrative is categorized as a bearer of thermal cooking technology, while the traditional ritual of *Gosire* (高矢禮)—offering a small portion of food to the earth before eating—is analyzed as a commemorative rite honoring the introduction of fire.

Cha contrasts this Korean "transmission model" (*傳授*) with the classical Western "theft model" represented by Prometheus. The framework argues that the transmission paradigm offers an alternative, community-oriented philosophy of technology and natural resources.[13]

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    1. Author
    • Youngki Cha** (pen name *Shaka*) was born in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, and raised in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province. He worked in marketing at Samsung Life Insurance and held positions across media organizations before serving as an adjunct professor at Yeoju Institute of Technology.

He currently serves as President of the Korea Outdoor Barbecue Association and Chief Researcher at the Korea Barbecue Research Institute (KBRI). His work focuses on establishing the theoretical infrastructure for Sports Barbecue and developing training frameworks for professional barbecue practitioners. He is also active as a columnist and commentator on food culture and civilizational history.[14][15]

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    1. Selected Publications
      1. Books
  • Cha, Youngki (*Shaka*). *Shaka's Barbecue Primary*.
  • Cha, Youngki (*Shaka*). *Gogi Silmujeon* [Practical Guide to Meat Processing].
  • Cha, Youngki (*Shaka*). *Sparkling Fairy Tale: Homo Erectus* (Vols. 1–4). UPaper.
  • Cha, Youngki (*Shaka*). *Distributive Economics*. UPaper.
  • Cha, Youngki (*Shaka*). *Barbecue Humanities* (BARBECUE HUMANITIES). Kyomunsa, 2026, 274 pp. ISBN 9788936327835.
      1. Forthcoming Books
  • Cha, Youngki (*Shaka*). *History of Human Barbecue Civilization*.
  • Cha, Youngki (*Shaka*). *History of Korean Barbecue Civilization*.
      1. Working Papers and Scholarly Papers (SSRN)

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    1. References

1. Cha, Youngki (2026). *Barbecue Humanities*. Kyomunsa. p. 274. ISBN 9788936327835. 2. Cha, Youngki (June 19, 2026). "Barbecue Humanist Youngki Cha: 'Distribution Comes First' — Publication of E-Book Distributive Economics". *The Korea Post*. 3. Wrangham, Richard (2009). *Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human*. Basic Books. ISBN 9780465013623. 4. Lévi-Strauss, Claude (1964). *Le Cru et le Cuit*. Plon. 5. Dunbar, Robin (2021). *Friends: Understanding the Power of Our Most Important Relationships*. Little, Brown Book Group. 6. Cha, Youngki (2026). *Barbecue Humanities*. Kyomunsa. ISBN 9788936327835. 7. Cha, Youngki (2026). *Barbecue Humanities*. Kyomunsa. ISBN 9788936327835. 8. Cha, Youngki (2026). *Barbecue Humanities*. Kyomunsa. ISBN 9788936327835. 9. Cha, Youngki (2026). "Civilizational Transition in the Epoch of Domestic Quietude: The Advent of Homo Nallarians Civilization". SSRN. 10. Cha, Youngki (2026). *Barbecue Humanities*. Kyomunsa. ISBN 9788936327835. 11. Cha, Youngki (2026). *Barbecue Humanities*. Kyomunsa. ISBN 9788936327835. 12. Cha, Youngki (2026). *Barbecue Humanities*. Kyomunsa. ISBN 9788936327835. 13. Cha, Youngki (2026). "A Historical Study of Korean Barbecue". SSRN. 14. Cha, Youngki (2026). Author Biography in *Barbecue Humanities*. Kyomunsa. ISBN 9788936327835. 15. Cha, Youngki (2026). Author Biography in *Barbecue Humanities*. Kyomunsa. ISBN 9788936327835. 16. "Youngki Cha Author Page". Social Science Research Network (SSRN). Retrieved July 28, 2026. 17. "Editorial Columns by Youngki Cha (Shaka)". *The Korea Post*. 2025–2026.

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