Transnational foodways and food citizenship across Türkiye and the Levant

Salt, in collaboration with CLIMAVORE x Jameel at RCA, Birkbeck, University of London and Özyeğin University, host a symposium to examine the socio-political implications of of new foodways in Türkiye and the Levant through the lens of transnational food citizenship.

Inspired by CLIMAVORE x Jameel at RCA’s ‘Water buffalo commons’ project, the symposium focuses on ecologies, terroirs and landscapes over state, nationality and ethnicity as routes into understanding the transfer, adaptation and appropriation of transnational foodways.

It aims to underline the place of distinctive social metabolisms between people and the more-than-human in shaping conceptions of citizenship, belonging and power about food and drink.

The programme will also address particular challenges to food citizenship arising from historical changes linked to human migrations and their associated habitats.

The three-day symposium is free-admission, open to the public and held in English.