How much culture do we eat? Grundtvig "Meal Cultures" - Berlin, 20-27 Feb.2011
How much culture do we eat?
brought together over 20 participants from England , Italy, Greece, Turkey, Latvia, Finland, Bulgaria, Denmark, Poland, Germany the workshop held Grundtvig I attended in Berlin February 20 to 27.
the n alternating seminars at the faculty the Humboldt University of Agriculture ä t , culinary activities cooking studios , visits to organic markets, urban gardens and distribution centers for food poor people, meetings with members of Slow Food "and" food celebrities "Germany, we asked ourselves on the cultural aspects we swallow foods of different nations together. -
Food quantity vs. food quality
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World hunger and subtraction of dignity individual
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How we behave - in different cultures - when we share a meal with other people? What value are our behaviors?
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attachment to food of their culture and nation in immigrants
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Fast food vs. slow food
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evolving consumer
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Who is the cookbooks and how they do it?
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Gender issues around the preparation of meals
are among the issues discussed not far from the Brandenburg Gate.
questions, provocations, experiences and responses. Then there are questions.
n may be on resolving the debate of a week, but let's get back to their tables with a full belly and a lot ... food for thought.
I was surprised, in particular, the impulses "feminist" that seem to cover Northern Europe and the claim in a loud voice to all things local at a time of rapidly changing world.
Personally, I do not believe in separation gender. It aims to mix as much as possible my identity with those of other worlds.
now continuing my discussions with the wonderful book that I just got blessed, lecturer in consumer behavior at the Royal Holloway University of London: "In the Devil's Garden - A Sinful History of Forbidden Food" , of Allen S. Lee.
Here information European program of continuing education for adults Grundtvig
- "Meal Cultures foto di gruppo -
Humboldt University ä t zu Berlin
