In this episode, guest co-hosts Myriam Durocher and Irena Knezevic interview Hi’ilei Hobart and Emily Yates-Doerr on the theme of “food matters”, following their participation as keynote speakers at the international Conference “Food Matters and Materialities: Critical Understandings of Food Cultures”.  

The Food Matters Conference addressed how power relationships take form in contemporary food cultures and materialize in particular food matters/materialities as well as in a wide range of food-related practices (e.g., production, circulation, preparation, consumption). The event theme revolved around “matters”, a play on words that, on the one hand, reflects the will of the co-organizers to address how food matters and materialities emerge in and engage with particular food cultures and, on the other hand, reflects their will to explore food-related issues and their links with food cultures. In her keynote talk, Dr. Hobart shared insights from her fieldwork in an encampment at Puʻuhonua o Puʻuhuluhulu at the summit of Mauna Kea, detailing practices of resistance led by Indigenous communities, and the role of food and ice in these practices. Dr. Yates-Doerr shared insights and stories emerging from her fieldwork in Guatemala, proposing reflections on how we might want to do and share research in food studies otherwise. In this interview, we highlight some key insights from their respective talks and bring out connections between their work.  

The audio editing of this episode was done by Laura Bruno.

For more info on the Conference: https://carleton.ca/foodmatters/

S2 E2 - Discussing Food Matters with Hi’ilei Hobart & Emily Yates-Doerr

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S2 E2 - Discussing Food Matters with Hi’ilei Hobart & Emily Yates-Doerr

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