Conflict Kitchen
Conflict Kitchen (2010-2017) was a restaurant that served cuisine from countries with which the United States was in conflict. Each Conflict Kitchen iteration was augmented by events, performances, publications, and discussions that sought to expand the engagement the public had with the culture, politics, and issues at stake within the focus region. The restaurant rotated identities roughly twice a year, or in relation to current geopolitical events.
Operating seven days a week in the middle of the city, Conflict Kitchen used the social relations of food and exchange to engage the general public in discussions about countries, cultures, and people that they might know little about outside of the polarizing rhetoric of governmental politics and the narrow lens of media headlines.
In addition, the restaurant created a constantly changing site for platforming the under-recognized diversity of the City of Pittsburgh, as it has presented the first Iranian, Afghan, Cuban, Venezuelan, North Korean, Haudenosaunne and Palestinian restaurants the city had seen.
Operating seven days a week in the middle of the city, Conflict Kitchen used the social relations of food and exchange to engage the general public in discussions about countries, cultures, and people that they might know little about outside of the polarizing rhetoric of governmental politics and the narrow lens of media headlines.
In addition, the restaurant created a constantly changing site for platforming the under-recognized diversity of the City of Pittsburgh, as it has presented the first Iranian, Afghan, Cuban, Venezuelan, North Korean, Haudenosaunne and Palestinian restaurants the city had seen.
City
Various
Country
United States
Region
North America
Year of Creation
Featured Project
Afghanistan
A full menu, various events, interviews with Afghans living in Afghanistan and the United States, and additional resources to understand the conflict in Afghanistan.
References
Shin, R., & Bae, J. (2019). Conflict kitchen and enemy kitchen: Socially engaged food pedagogy. Studies in Art Education, 60(3), 219-235.
del Águila, V. U. (2020). The Agonistic Design of Conflict Kitchen. In Design and Political Dissent (pp. 187-201). Routledge.
Bae, J. (2020). Contemporary art practices in preservice teacher education: Using conflict kitchen in a college art methods course. Art Education, 73(1), 38-45.
Remer, C. R. (2015). “Interculinary” Dialogue: The Kitchen as an “Unconditional Space” For Intercultural Dialogue and Political Awareness.
Jennings, G. (2020). Dinner in the Desert Kitchen: Reflections on Experiential Learning Through Food, Art, and Social Practice. In Diverse Pedagogical Approaches to Experiential Learning: Multidisciplinary Case Studies, Reflections, and Strategies, 129-147.
Walsh, L. (2012). The Living Cookbook. Museums & Social Issues, 7(1), 87-90.
del Águila, V. U. (2020). The Agonistic Design of Conflict Kitchen. In Design and Political Dissent (pp. 187-201). Routledge.
Bae, J. (2020). Contemporary art practices in preservice teacher education: Using conflict kitchen in a college art methods course. Art Education, 73(1), 38-45.
Remer, C. R. (2015). “Interculinary” Dialogue: The Kitchen as an “Unconditional Space” For Intercultural Dialogue and Political Awareness.
Jennings, G. (2020). Dinner in the Desert Kitchen: Reflections on Experiential Learning Through Food, Art, and Social Practice. In Diverse Pedagogical Approaches to Experiential Learning: Multidisciplinary Case Studies, Reflections, and Strategies, 129-147.
Walsh, L. (2012). The Living Cookbook. Museums & Social Issues, 7(1), 87-90.
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