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Accepted Paper:
The human right to adequate food, culture and food security. a case study of food culture in Katsikas refugee camp
Liliane Abdalla
(Lisbon School of Economics and Management)
Paper long abstract:
This paper presents a case study about food culture in Katsikas Camp/Greece. Humanity, recently, for the First time in human history, has succeeded in producing enough food for everyone. Therefore, we need better understanding of food so that we can provide better food and encourage better use of it to all and especially those in vulnerability. Despite being a biological imperative, food is also a human activity and like any other human activity, it is regulated by socio cultural habits. The word "Culture" has become a trend world while, Culture sells. Being cultural is now considered "cool". "'Culture'—the word itself, or some local equivalent, is on everyone's lips. The rise of refugee cuisine is being noticed. The UNHCR has organized refugee food festivals in collaboration with dozens of buzzing restaurants everywhere from Amsterdam to Madrid and New York City to San Francisco. The present article, through storytelling, brings real life stories of individuals' (residents of a refugee camp) and their food business solutions. Small businesses were created based on cultural or family recipes, bringing individuals a living out of food heritage. However, Greek government policies attempted to shut down these informal businesses.
Memory, Materiality and (non)-Belonging - Minority Restaurants and Food Practices in a Global Perspective
Session 1 Wednesday 22 July, 2020, -