Scraps into Delicacies: Sustainable and Cultural Food Practices of Diasporic Communities in London
In partnership with UoW Centre for Social Justice Research.
Emily Falconer (University of Westminster - School of Social Sciences) and Cavendish Living Lab community connectors Mariam Selim and Yumeng Yang.
This paper presents findings from the Food and Communities strand of the Cavendish Living Lab project at the University of Westminster. Drawing on focus groups with diverse migrant and diasporic communities in London, including Korean, Caribbean, Italian, Chinese, Alevi and Jewish groups, it explores cultural food practices that promote sustainability through low-waste cooking, preservation and adaptation. The paper argues that food practices are also sites of identity formation, belonging and exclusion, revealing how migration reshapes relationships between people, place, culture and community in a global city.
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