Haram, Karma, Sattarzadeh, Neda ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6551-5908 and Tsiami, Amalia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1122-4814 (2023) Feeding into settler-colonialism: an exploration of Palestinian food, culture, and identity. In: Stockholm Gastronomy Conference, 23 - 25 Nov 2023, Stockholm, Sweden.

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Abstract

Food is a vital element in different cultures worldwide, particularly those of immigrants, diasporas, and minority groups, and is also a valuable tool for showcasing national identity. The culinary culture of a nation can be saturated with contemporary and historical narratives that correspond to the political and social contexts from which they originate. Especially within the politically and socially loaded context of settler-colonialism, whereby disputes over such narratives are commonplace between the occupiers and the indigenous people – claims to the culinary culture of a specific land tie into contemporary and historical claims over the land itself.

The interconnections between food, culture, and identity have made food a central domain for the deployment of colonial strategies of appropriation, erasure, and resistance. The present study explores how these interconnections are shaped, enacted, perceived, and understood by the indigenous people of (settler) colonial states, with a specific focus on Palestinians.

The study employed in-depth semi-structured interviews with Palestinian individuals from the diaspora (based in the UK and Jordan) to explore their lived experiences and perceptions and to evaluate the extent to which conflicts over land and power are reflected in the narratives surrounding food. The politicisation, weaponisation, and symbolism underpinning Palestinian food culture were explored. The research demonstrated how food acts as a prism, through which narratives of history can be either reinforced as a means of resistance by the indigenous people or rewritten as strategies of appropriation and/or erasure within the context of settler-colonialism.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Subjects:	Hospitality and tourism
Related URLs:	Organisation
Depositing User:	Neda Sattarzadeh
Date Deposited:	14 Apr 2025 08:35
Last Modified:	14 Apr 2025 12:30
URI:	https://repository.uwl.ac.uk/id/eprint/13456

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