Stories
Building community in a Shanghai neighborhood garden
China is still in flux, a complex country with layers and layers of history and stories. In any metropolis, upscale real estate and old buildings coexist. Affluent citizens may live in proximity of rural migrants, while ignoring their existence. A community garden in...
Imagining a Different Food System
What would a better food system look like? Is it possible to turn debates around food politics and popular culture into arenas where a positive dialogue could develop between groups looking at the world from different points of view? Could food become an arena where a...
Tequila and Power: Salma Hayek’s “Monarca” on Netflix
In Salma Hayek's "Monarca" on Netflix, three siblings from the Mexican 1% learn how to manage their lives and their family Tequila company between personal vicissitudes, corporate intrigue, and the social constraints that the narrative presents as powerful as any...
Food, Migrants, and the Making of Traditions
For migrant communities, food is more than just physical sustenance: it produces meaning and sense, creating infinite culinary variations where ingredients, dishes, and meal structures can express agency, pride, comfort, but also embarrassment and cultural...
Wine, Potatoes, and Canned Soup: Food in Contemporary Polish Plays
Food appears where one would less expect it, including the stage. In a few contemporary Polish theater plays, it represents on the one hand a tangible sign of economic wealth and a reassuring proof of economic success, on the other the cause of tension between comfort...
Promoting food heritage abroad: a case study from Spain
Can food heritage be activated as a development tool to promote and support local productions and traditions, both nationally and abroad? What negotiations and compromises are necessary to make it available and understandable to consumers? During the time spent in...