Project Summary:
From 2017-2021 I was one of three co-directors for the inaugural project of the Mellon initiative in collaborative research, based at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC.
Project Description:
"Before 'Farm to Table'" used the pervasiveness of food in everyday life as a window into early modern culture. In the course of this project, participants investigated big questions about the way food participates in and actively shapes human knowledge, ethics, and imagination. We explored such issues as the unevenness of food supply, the development and spread of tastes, and the socially cohesive rituals of eating together. With fresh understandings of a pre-industrial world, this project also gave us purchase on some post-industrial assumptions, aspirations, and challenges.
Project Type:
Funded
Project Role:
Co-director
Country 1:
United States
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Funder:
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
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Collaborator Institution:
Folger Shakespeare Library
Collaborator Role:
(e.g type 1000 for 1,000)
