AYLİN ÖNEY TAN
A Mediterranean food odyssey
The Mediterranean is all about motion. The motion in the sense of human movement, be it for trade, voluntary or involuntary migration, adventure, or displacement in all senses, the peoples of the Mediterranean have been in motion; throughout history, countless cultures have come and gone. Human movements across the shores of the Mediterranean are like the never-ending waves of the mighty sea. With this constant movement, ideas, objects, things and documents traveled, changed hands and influenced one another. The past 500 years, in particular, have greatly shaped our cultures. The EU funded Project titled “People in Motion: Entangled Histories of Displacement across the Mediterranean [1492-1923]” or shortly PIMo, led by Professor Giovanni Tarantino of the University of Florence, aims at exploring forms of displacement and dispossession across the Mediterranean from the 15th century to the present. This week, on Friday, July 7, Özyeğin University Gastronomy and Culinary Arts Department will host a workgroup under the PIMo, focusing on foodways across the Mediterranean countries.
July 02 2023
