The final event of the Department of Anthropology’s Austerity Bites: Lewisham Food Stories project is this Friday! Austerity Bites: Local Responses to Food Insecurity A round table discussion organised by the Goldsmiths Department of Anthropology which brings together local residents, researchers, activists to discuss the variety of experiences, reasons for and local responses to food insecurity in Lewisham and beyond….
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Yum yum! Exhibition Opening Success
Over 100 people from all parts of Lewisham’s diverse community filled the atrium of the Stuart Hall building on Friday the 24th May for the opening of the ‘Austerity Bites: Food Stories from Lewisham’ exhibition. The buzz was amazing, and the community tasting menu provided by Cummin’ Up Caribbean caterers went down a storm. We…
Austerity Bites Exhibition Opening!
Austerity Bites: Food Stories from Lewisham Exhibition organised by the Goldsmiths Department of Anthropology. The exhibition presents the result of our ethnographic project Austerity Bites conducted by the Department of Anthropology at Goldsmiths. The exhibition is based on an extensive phase of interviews, workshops, collections of objects and artefacts and interactions with different groups of local residents,…
A Golden Treasure
Let us tell you a story. Food provokes powerful memories – of lack and abundance. Of reward and punishment. Today at a coffee morning for parents in a Lewisham primary school we heard a story about eggs as treasure. Sharon Onumonu grew up in Imo State in Nigeria. Remembering her childhood there, she recalled how…
A Chicken Ain’t Nothing But a Bird
So rapped Talib Kweli. Chicken is one of those foods that comes up in all sorts of ways for all kinds of people. How do you eat yours? Organic, free range, corn fed, frozen and fried or tossed in jerk? This project will be tracing chicken stories, following the trail of the bird from egg to…
What’s for lunch Lewisham?
We are looking at people’s perceptions of austerity, and how it’s impacted on everyday food lives. What’s in your lunch bag? How does this change from day to day? Is £3 for a coffee murder or reasonable? Do you enjoy the 80p frozen ready meals from Iceland, the £3 meal deal from Sainsburys, a…
Growing Food & Food Security
One of the key sites that the project is interested in is places in Lewisham where residents have been growing food, for sale or for their own use. We recognise that allotments have a long history in Lewisham, from World War Two ration supplementing to today’s interest in organic food. We also know that all…
Austerity & Regeneration
The London Borough of Lewisham is one of the most culturally diverse but also one of the most deprived areas of London. As such it has been particularly affected by the politics of austerity. Food is materially and symbolically at the heart of the anxieties different residents share, and to feed oneself and one’s family…
Austerity Bites: Lewisham Food Stories 