Going Global

Our Food Studies Program is global. We have funding to take our Food Scholars to various countries to examine Black foodways. Over Spring break 2023, our Food Scholars traveled 8 days/7 nights to Portugal to examine Black foodways in Lisbon and engage African diasporic communities to understand food practices and food as a marker of cultural identity and socially controversial issues.

The Program also takes regular trips to Sapelo Island to commune with the Hog Hammock Community. Trips have included opportunities to assist with oyster and sugar cane harvest and facilitate cultural exchange.

 

Food Studies - Going Global Portugal Group photo | Spelman College

Going Global ( Portugal )

 

Contact Info

Food Studies Program

350 Spelman Lane, SW
Atlanta, GA. 30314

404-270-5792
foodstudies@spelman.edu

Mon. - Fri. | 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Exploring Afro Brazilian Cuisine in Portugal | Speman College

Exploring afro brazilian cuisine in Portugal

Vegetables at market (Senegal) | Spelman College

Vegetables at market (Senegal)

Senegal Spring Break 2024 | Spelman College

Senegal Spring Break 2024

Final meal prepared in Portugal prepared by Dr. Jackson's Spring 2023 Food Chemistry Class | Spelman College

Final meal prepared in Portugal prepared by Dr. Jackson's Spring 2023 Food Chemistry Class

Workday on Sapelo Island | Spelman College

Workday on Sapelo Island

Hartsfield-Jackson airport on the way to Portugal | Spelman College

Hartsfield-Jackson airport on the way to Portugal

Menu for meal prepared by food studies travelers to Portugal | Spelman College

Menu for meal prepared by food studies travelers to Portugal

The Food Studies program positions food at the center of academic inquiry, calling attention to the multifaceted ways food, and discourses surrounding it, influence us as not only as biological beings, but social and cultural actors as well.

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