DR LAURA CUCH
Laura Cuch is a cultural geographer and visual artist engaging with sociocultural food issues, material practices, migration, as well as urban (religious) communities and identities, at the intersections of cultural geography, sociology, and media and cultural studies. Laura co-directs the Kitchen Research Unit at Goldsmiths and believes that food is a key agent for social and ecological transformation. Her research interests in food range from spaces of commensality, including public and community meals (such as street parties, calçotades and public Iftars), community and soup kitchens, citizen-led initiatives that promote alternative food systems, as well as (interfaith) practices of solidarity and social inclusion though food. Previously, she has undertaken research exploring the relations between food, spirituality and everyday practices of faith communities in West London. This involved the participatory arts project, Spiritual Flavours, including a cookbook, a 28’ film and the photographic series Meals.
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