The Hungry City Singapore’s Food History in Global Perspective - Session 3 Identity

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DescriptionThe Hungry City: Singapore’s Food History in Global Perspective Workshop (27-28 May 2021) was organised by Yale-NUS College and held in conjunction with the Singapore Heritage Festival 2021.

The two-day session brought together a diverse group of Singapore-based faculty, intellectuals, cultural workers, and history students to reflect on food’s multi-layered, omnipresent nature in old Singapore. The speakers drew on a broad span of approaches to deepen our understanding of traditional food. This included examining the culinary, social, oral, environmental, political, and economic history, as well as the history of science, technology, and medicine behind food.

SESSION 3: IDENTITY

The Language of Laksa
Mr Khir Johari | Independent Researcher; Former Vice-President, Singapore Heritage Society; Author of The Food of Singapore Malays: Gastronomic Travels through the Archipelago

Nobody's and Everybody's Singapore Noodles
Ms Sheere Ng | Food Writer; Co-Founder, In Plain Words

Otak-otak: Wrapped Up with the Region
Ms Celeste Beh | Alumna (Class of 2020), Major in History, Yale-NUS College

Closing Remarks for Day 1
Dr Anthony Medrano | Assistant Professor of Social Sciences (Environmental Studies), Yale-NUS College

Dr Geoffrey Pakiam | Fellow, Temasek History Research Centre, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak InstituteCreatorYale-NUS CollegeDate01-JUN-2021FormatVideoLanguageEnglishLength01:42:40EventThe Hungry City: Singapore’s Food History in Global PerspectivePublisherYale-NUS CollegeLocationSingapore

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SubjectSingapore’s Food History in Global PerspectiveKeywordFoodCultureTraditionCulinaryIdentity