ABOUT PROTEST FOOD

PROTEST FOOD aims to demonstrate food’s role in collective movements and care throughout history, around the world.

Food plays a crucial role in self-governing one’s life with others. We see food in everything- from friends and family gathering around a kitchen, to neighborhood gatherings, to festivals and rituals, to community fridges, to political organizing, to hunger strikes, to protests and revolutions.

Food is also a topic of contention because it is necessary for survival. Food is often used as a weapon or control over a population. Moreover, access to food, healthy options, and food education are highly monetized and intersectional with race, gender, and class.

Yet, in response, we have seen many communities reclaiming food traditions and using them to heal, connect, and resist cultural erasures. Food has also historically been a subtle vehicle for political expression, often carrying messages of dissent when direct action is risky or repressed.

You can learn more about PROTEST FOOD here.

CREDITS

Brainstorming, ideating and helping me along the way: Julia Daser;

Recommendations and resources: Professor Alexandra Délano Alonso, Tench Cholnoky;

Editing book: Professor Jesse Harding

Guidance and mentorship: Professors Kellee Massey, Ayo Okunseinde, Jesse Harding, Kia Gregory, Richard The, Jack Jin Gary Lee;

Everyone who contributed to my archive;

User testing: Parsons Design and Technology Class of 2025 classmates;

Printing: Design Lab at The New School, Emily Li for printing points;

Grant/ funding: New School Student Research Award (University Student Senate and the Office of the President)