Alyshea D'Souza

Consuming Connections

Graphic Design
2020
Consuming Connections is a project meant to document stories about first and second generation immigrants’ experiences with cultural dishes, exploring how this relates to identity. Children of immigrants often struggle to relate to their parents’ cultural background because they lack the environmental elements that constitute their culture, such as nationality, language, or clothing, however, food is the common element that most have access to. While the exploration of culture through food has been widely studied within the fields of anthropology, sociology and cultural studies, I saw an opportunity for food studies to be engaged/addressed through communication studies. The overall intention of the project is to encourage people to reflect on their own feelings and experiences with cultural identity, in relation to cultural dishes. Through this project I hope to offer an opportunity for people to connect with their cultural identity.

“Consuming Connections explores people’s relationships with cultural dishes, and how they can offer an opportunity to connect with one’s cultural identity.”

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Consuming Connections
Consuming Connections
Consuming Connections Spreads
Consuming Connections Spreads
Consuming Connections Spreads
Consuming Connections Spreads
Consuming Connections Spreads
Consuming Connections Spreads
Consuming Connections fold out spread
Consuming Connections fold out spread
Consuming Connections Prompt Cards
Consuming Connections Prompt Cards
Consuming Connections Process Book
Consuming Connections Process Book
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2020, Recession Grads
2020, Off Course
950 Queen Street West, Toronto

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Alyshea D'Souza aka. Alyshea Kara

Graphic Design