The Hungry City Singapore’s Food History in Global Perspective - Session 5 Produce

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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 5: PRODUCE

Public Abattoirs and Protein in Colonial Singapore
Dr Timothy P Barnard | Associate Professor, Department of History, National University of Singapore

From Garden to Table: Historical Experiences of Growing One's Own Food in Singapore
Dr Fiona Clare Williamson | Assistant Professor of Science, Technology and Society, School of Social Sciences; Lee Kong Chuan Fellow, Singapore Management University
Mr Joshua Goh Ngee Chae | Research Assistant, Department of History, National University of Singapore

From Material to Symbolic Value: Fruit Trees in Singapore's History
Dr Marvin Joseph Montefrio | Assistant Professor of Social Sciences (Environmental Studies), Yale-NUS CollegeCreatorYale-NUS CollegeDate01-JUN-2021FormatVideoLanguageEnglishLength01:36:44EventThe Hungry City: Singapore’s Food History in Global PerspectivePublisherYale-NUS CollegeLocationSingapore

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SubjectSingapore’s Food History in Global PerspectiveKeywordFoodCultureTraditionCulinarySeaProduce