Food Democracy - Critical Lessons in Food, Communication, Design and Art

Food Democracy brings together contributions from leading international scholars and activists, critical case studies of emancipatory food practices and reflections on possible models for responsive communication, design and art. The book includes recipes and essays that ask how to counter the role of the food industry as a machine of consumption.

About the author

Oliver Vodeb is senior lecturer at the School of Design at RMIT where he teaches in the master’s programme of communication design. He is the principal curator of Memefest and Lipstik+ Bread. His latest books are Food Democracy (Intellect Books, 2017) and Radical Intimacies (Intellect Books, 2023).

Contact: RMIT University, 124 La Trobe Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia.

Summary

Food Democracy brings together contributions from leading international scholars and activists, critical case studies of emancipatory food practices and reflections on possible models for responsive communication, design and art. The book includes recipes and essays that ask how to counter the role of the food industry as a machine of consumption.

Product details

• Authors: Oliver Vodeb
• Assisted by: Oliver Vodeb (Editor), Oliver (RMIT University) Vodeb (Editor), Vodeb Oliver (Editor)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2017
• EAN: 9781783207961
• ISBN: 978-1-78320-796-1
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 229 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 1075 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Miscellaneous; COOKING / General, Theory of art, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, ART / Criticism & Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Food & society, General cookery & recipes, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action, General cookery and recipes, Cultural studies: food and society, Pressure groups & lobbying