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Essays and Opinions

Essays and opinions are adaptable formats for writers to write on a wide range of subjects which includes personal reflections, and are provocative and critical.

Food – Where private and public intersect
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Food – Where private and public intersect

By Angelo Fick Food represents the encounter between the private and the political, the individual and the world. Whether growing…

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Food as healing: building resilience

When I was growing up, my parents ran a canteen in a shoe factory in Port Elizabeth. Back then, the…

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Thinking through transdisciplinarity: Dis-ease workshop
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Thinking through transdisciplinarity: Dis-ease workshop

By Prof Desiree Lewis The State of Dis-ease transdisciplinary workshop organized by Beth Vale for the Johannesburg Institute for Advanced…

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Finding a way forward for the South African food system
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Finding a way forward for the South African food system

by Prof. Julian May, Director: NRF-DST Centre of Excellence in Food Security at the University of the Western Cape The…

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Food and “Excess” in Rome
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Food and “Excess” in Rome

By Prof Desiree Lewis This is the first post in the Reflections on Food, Fun and Culture in Rome where…

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Food as a Personal and Political Encounter
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Food as a Personal and Political Encounter

by Angelo Fick This post features Angelo Fick talk at The Future (s) of Food panel discussion hosted by Food…

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Thinking about Food and Racism in “Post-Apartheid” South Africa
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Thinking about Food and Racism in “Post-Apartheid” South Africa

Written by Thembi Bongwana (PhD Candidate) “Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and…

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