BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Talks.cam//talks.cam.ac.uk//
X-WR-CALNAME:Talks.cam
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:“Not Enough Salt”: An Exploratory Study on Indian Diasporic St
 udents and Their Perceptions of Food in Cambridge - Elvin Xing – MPhil S
 tudent\, Department of Social Anthropology\, Wolfson College
DTSTART:20160304T170500Z
DTEND:20160304T171500Z
UID:TALK64995@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Francisco Orozco
DESCRIPTION:Food is one of the key markers and identifiers of a person's c
 ulture\, identity and history. We communicate through food. The adage "You
  are what you eat" rings true for most\, if not all of us. But what happen
 s when one's relationship with food changes and one is faced with new form
 s of food? In this encounter does one's identity changes or does the food 
 change? To what extent do the experiences and memories related to food sha
 pe one's experience and decisions? Our research is aimed at finding out ho
 w Indian students in the diaspora perceive food in a foreign place. We are
  interested in the meanings they attach to the food they eat\, the restaur
 ants they visit and the people they eat with\, and the type of food they p
 repare at their new place of residence here in Cambridge. Using these expe
 riences\, meanings and perceptions as our guide\, we hope to understand ho
 w food can become an identity\, a sense of belonging\, a form of attachmen
 t/detachment and a means of cultural communication.
LOCATION:Lee Hall\, Wolfson College
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR