RESCHEDULED - Food & Ethnicity: The Durham Experience
Date and time
Location
Durham Castle
Durham DH1 3RW United KingdomDescription
Food & Ethnicity: The Durham Experience
by N8 AgriFood at Durham, Durham BAME Network & Durham EDI
Chaired by Professor Ari Sadanandom, Academic lead for the N8 AgriFood programme in Durham and Durham BAME Network Co-Chair
Please note this event has been rescheduled from 27/3/20 to 8/9/20 due to the COVID-19 situation.
As this situation is still ongoing, we will keep you informed of any changes. Please watch this space for updates.
Food unifies us across cultures, beliefs, and generations. It brings communities together. It connects us to our ancestors and to each other. Food provides a lens to explore ethnic identity, cultural diversity, and the human experience.
We want to celebrate how, for many people, food operates as an expression of personal identity and a medium through which people can embrace and share their heritage. We also want to use this opportunity to highlight the University's recent launch of the Race Equality Charter, and the work being done towards equality, diversity, and inclusion.
Through a series of talks we will focus on different links between food and ethnicity – including food insecurity, mental health, and education, all in a multi-faith and multi-ethnic context. There will also be a networking dinner centred around authentic cuisines, with a menu made up of dishes reflecting the diversity of traditions and backgrounds of many of the staff and students at this university.
Event structure:
2.00 – 2.30pm = Arrival and refreshments = TICKETS NOT AVAILABLE
2.30 – 5.00pm = Talks and panel discussion = TICKETS NOT AVAILABLE
5.00 – 6.00pm = Drinks reception - Tunstall Gallery = TICKETS REMAINING
6.00 – 8.00pm = Networking dinner - Great Hall = TICKETS REMAINING
This event is FREE. Registration is required as places are limited (talks are limited to 48 spaces, drinks and dinner to 100 spaces).
Even if you are unable to register for the talks, you are still welcome to join us for drinks and dinner - when registering for a ticket you will be shown the sessions in which there are tickets still available.
Members of all N8 institutions are welcome (Durham, Lancaster, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Sheffield and York).
There is no dress code.
For more information please contact medhavi.kakkar@durham.ac.uk (N8 AgriFood Knowledge Exchange Fellow until April 30th 2020) or ari.sadanandom@durham.ac.uk
Organised by
N8 AgriFood is a unique programme working across the entire food system, combining expertise from the 8 most research intensive universities in the North of England: Durham, Lancaster, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Sheffield and York. The aim of the programme is to harness the collective expertise of the 8 institutions to tackle the challenge of food security regionally, nationally and internationally.
The Durham Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Network
The Durham University BAME Network group was established in October 2017 and aims to provide a voice for BAME staff in the University and to engage with BAME postgraduate students of all levels studying at the University. The Network seeks to uphold the ethics and principles of the race equality legislation and work, with the support of the University, towards improving the career prospects and opportunities for BAME staff.
Race Equality Charter Self-Assessment Team (REC SAT)
In March 2019, Durham University signed up to the Race Equality Charter (REC) with the aim of tackling racial disparities within the University. The University’s work on REC is led by the REC SAT; which is composed of staff and students from the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Unit, BAME Network and Durham Students’ Union among others. The REC SAT is responsible for undertaking a full evaluation of race equality across the institution—particularly in the representation, progression and success of minority ethnic staff and students, and for the development of appropriate actions and long-term solutions in response.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Unit
Durham University’s EDI Unit aims to create a culture where all staff and students can reach their fullest potential regardless of their identity or background. By collaborating with various stakeholders, the EDI Unit contributes in creating a working and learning environment in which individuals can be themselves without fear of prejudice or harassment. Apart from driving the University’s equality objectives and supporting the institutional charter applications, the EDI Unit is involved in key projects such as the Hate Crime Project (which aims to tackle religious and race based hate crime) and Inclusion Matters (which aims to boost the representation of underrepresented groups in Engineering and Physical Sciences in the North of England).