Feeding the Hamlets: Exploring the History of Food Production in the Borough
Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archives 277 Bancroft Road, LondonThis exhibition uses the unique collections of Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archives as a lens through which to explore the borough’s history of producing food. For centuries, the...Read More >
Seeing the translocal: Visual food methods and gendered cultural reproduction foodwork
Virtual event United Kingdom (UK)A Food Researchers in Edinburgh (FRiED) Seminar. Our speaker will be Dr Elaine Swan, Reader in Feminist Food Studies at the University of Sussex. One of Elaine’s main research interests...Read More >
Food Lives Workshop!
Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archives 277 Bancroft Road, LondonIn-person workshop exploring food histories in Tower Hamlets Join us for a participatory, in-person workshop at Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archives exploring the ways in which food plays...Read More >
The Racialised, Classed and Gendered Politics of Food Pedagogies
Virtual event United Kingdom (UK)This is a virtual event. 6pm - Dr. Elaine Swan Paper title: What makes a food pedagogy pedagogical? Mediation, Nutritionism, Whiteness and Visuality In this paper, I take up the...Read More >
Community-led Food Lives Walking Tour
Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archives 277 Bancroft Road, LondonYou might know about the Battle of Cable Street but did you know that Cable Street Studios used to be the site of one of the largest confectionery and jam...Read More >
Sustain annual conference #sustain22
Virtual event United Kingdom (UK)The current cost of living crisis, driven by war, energy shortages and inflation, comes on top of a pre-existing poverty crisis in the UK. Before the pandemic, 22% of people...Read More >