"The Politics of the Plate" - A Toronto School of Creativity and Inquiry event
The Politics of the Plate
A slow-food dinner conversation about the politics of what we eat
A Toronto School of Creativity and Inquiry event
Thursday, Oct. 27, 2005
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Toronto Free Gallery at 660 Queen St. East.
Admission – Free if you bring a desire for conviviality and a dish of your choice to share made from something locally-grown.
Please contact the Toronto Free Gallery to pre-register: 416.913.0461 | heather@torontofreegallery.org
Why should we “eat lower on the marketing chain”? Can a politically aware eating experience still be pleasurable? How have processed and packaged foods separated us geographically and psychologically from what we eat, and from each other? Is it realistic to ensure healthy and locally-grown food for all Torontonians all the time? Is it possible for city-dwellers to eat what they grow themselves? Can the fair food, slow food, organic food, and other such movements, help to eradicate the risky ecological footprints caused by our consumerist paradigm and over-consumptive lifestyles? How can we integrate fairer food practices into our everyday lives?
Join us for a slow-food dinner conversation where we will be engaging with these critical questions while partaking of a lively community dinner together.
The conversation around the dinner table will be enriched by the research and experiences of the following Toronto-area food activists:
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About Toronto School of Creativity & Inquiry
TSCI organizes education events that inquire into the new commercial enclosures: enclosures on time, space, creativity, thought, ecology, love... We seek to understand how these enclosures work. But combating against cynicism, we also inquire into creative pathways within, against, and beyond the enclosures: pathways of thinking, collaboration, organization, experimentation...
Contact
torontoschool@sympatico.ca
www.torontofreegallery.org
A slow-food dinner conversation about the politics of what we eat
A Toronto School of Creativity and Inquiry event
Thursday, Oct. 27, 2005
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Toronto Free Gallery at 660 Queen St. East.
Admission – Free if you bring a desire for conviviality and a dish of your choice to share made from something locally-grown.
Please contact the Toronto Free Gallery to pre-register: 416.913.0461 | heather@torontofreegallery.org
Why should we “eat lower on the marketing chain”? Can a politically aware eating experience still be pleasurable? How have processed and packaged foods separated us geographically and psychologically from what we eat, and from each other? Is it realistic to ensure healthy and locally-grown food for all Torontonians all the time? Is it possible for city-dwellers to eat what they grow themselves? Can the fair food, slow food, organic food, and other such movements, help to eradicate the risky ecological footprints caused by our consumerist paradigm and over-consumptive lifestyles? How can we integrate fairer food practices into our everyday lives?
Join us for a slow-food dinner conversation where we will be engaging with these critical questions while partaking of a lively community dinner together.
The conversation around the dinner table will be enriched by the research and experiences of the following Toronto-area food activists:
- The University of Toronto’s Josée Johnston
- FoodShare Toronto’s Karine Jaouich
- Toronto food security activist Lauren Baker
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About Toronto School of Creativity & Inquiry
TSCI organizes education events that inquire into the new commercial enclosures: enclosures on time, space, creativity, thought, ecology, love... We seek to understand how these enclosures work. But combating against cynicism, we also inquire into creative pathways within, against, and beyond the enclosures: pathways of thinking, collaboration, organization, experimentation...
Contact
torontoschool@sympatico.ca
www.torontofreegallery.org
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