Link: https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1637&context=honorstheses
In this student research done by Sandra Johnson from Colby College she talks about how food is not only a substantial necessity to live but a way of fighting for your rights. Crazy isn’t it? Something simple a food is a way to protest for something you believe in. When we think about protest we think about making signs, tying ourselves up on a tree, and writing angry letters to the man. But something such as throwing tea overboard because you want change from government isn’t the first idea that comes to your mind. Johnson also talks about how food is a gateway of expressing ourselves. What we eat, what we don't like to eat, it all shows our personality one way or another. If you’re a person who likes to try out new food you’re probably someone who is outgoing and willing to try new experiences and on the other hand if you like to stay within your comfort zone and only eat things you are familiar to, it may reflect to how your personality is. This may not always be true but its a reasonable idea. Johnson also talks about how food connects us and how it “is symbolically associated with the most deeply felt human experiences, and thus expresses things that are sometimes difficult to articulate in everyday language.” There is so many ways food can be associated with memories and a simple gesture of love towards another person. Remembering that meal your parents or grandparents made you brings memories that make you feel like nothing else will. Food connects us all in ways you cannot imagine and it's a wonderful sight to see food bring us together and fight for something we believe in.
- Jainah Fajardo
We as the creators of food, it defiantly makes food become something that is similar to our personalty and needs. food is what nourishes us, makes us happy and sometimes makes us sick. but we love food! I've never heard someone tell me that they hate food and they will never eat in there life. Probably all that symbolic jibber jabber is BS but to us food junkies, it sounds so true. I agree on the fact that, as a cook myself, the food I make expresses my overall motivation and mood. If I'm making a cake and I'm completely sad, the cake will come out bad. but if I'm so happy to try a new pie recipe and use all of motivation, the pie will come out great! on the other hand, food only connects with us through culture and love. If your Irish and you eat lucky charms most Irish people will be insulted. And the same goes for us, one thing from another culture or country will seem alienated to us and vice versa. probably the whole how we choose food show how we are is not really proven, but how it connects with us and our culture strongly can be shown.
ReplyDeleteGood article, and good idea we should protest and fight for our rights i agree its a free country we can do whatever we want foid brings joy and happiness- Christine. W
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