Exploring Food Systems based on Reciprocity and Circularity
18 May, ALIMENTO: Exploring food systems based on reciprocity and circularity with the earth, with other humans and more-than-humans, K. Benabderrazik et al.,READING CIRCLE @ LE 18
5:30 – 7 pm *** Intimate event, 15 spaces available for Harvest attendees via Eventbrite Registration
This event will be in English
Session 3.8. ALIMENTO: Exploring food systems based on reciprocity and circularity with the earth, with other humans and more-than-humans
Convened by K. Benabderrazik (ETH Zürich, Switzerland), T. Lasrado, P. Ayala & A. Dominguez
ALIMENTO investigates the act of nourishing and brings forward the topic of anthropophagy to explore food systems that are based on reciprocity/circularity with the earth, other humans, and non-human entities, as well as to challenge extractivist, patriarchal, capitalist, and colonial models.
Through the prism of decolonial practices, stories, and approaches, ALIMENTO is bringing together a multiplicity of practitioners, sparking ongoing reflections on nourishment, nutrient cycling, agroecology, food system transformation, and interconnectedness. In this session, ALIMENTO will host a reading group in the cultural space LE 18 as a way to keep fostering continuous exchanges between scientific and artistic communities, to enrich reflections toward water as a pivotal conduit flowing through these interconnected bodies.
ALIMENTO emerged from collaboration among various entities: la_capsula, an independent and experimental curatorial project fostering dialogue between Latin American artistic and cultural productions and Swiss/local artists; the SAE Greenhouse of the Sustainable Agroecosystems research group at ETH Zürich, a teaching space fostering dialogues on agroecological transition; and arvae, a collective nurturing transdisciplinary collaborations.
