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Food As Resistance/Comida Como Resistencia

Documentary showing and Q&A with Keitlyn Alcántara

2024-04-09 18:00:00 2024-04-09 19:00:00 America/Chicago Food As Resistance/Comida Como Resistencia Join director and professor Keitlyn Alcántara for this presentation of her documentary. / Únase a la directora y profesora Keitlyn Alcántara en esta presentación de su documental. Main Library - Falcon Room (303)

Tuesday, April 09
6:00pm - 7:00pm

Add to Calendar 2024-04-09 18:00:00 2024-04-09 19:00:00 America/Chicago Food As Resistance/Comida Como Resistencia Join director and professor Keitlyn Alcántara for this presentation of her documentary. / Únase a la directora y profesora Keitlyn Alcántara en esta presentación de su documental. Main Library - Falcon Room (303)

Main Library

Falcon Room (303)

Join director and professor Keitlyn Alcántara for this presentation of her documentary. / Únase a la directora y profesora Keitlyn Alcántara en esta presentación de su documental.

Evanston Public Library and the Latin American & Caribbean Studies (LACS) Program at Northwestern University invite you to this presentation of the documentary Food As Resistance/Comida Como Resistencia.  This documentary is in Spanish, with English subtitles.  The film will be followed by a discussion (in English and/or Spanish) with filmmaker and professor Keitlyn Alcántara.  

La Biblioteca Pública de Evanston y el Programa de Estudios Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (LACS) de la Universidad Northwestern lo invitan a esta presentación del documental  Food As Resistance/Comida Como Resistencia.   Este documental está en español, con subtítulos en inglés.  A la película le seguirá un debate (en inglés y/o español) con la cineasta y profesora Keitlyn Alcántara.

About The Film / Acerca de la película::

Set in Tlaxcala, Mexico, a tiny state with a legacy of resistance, this documentary short presents archaeology as a key tool for remembering food histories that predate capitalist, colonial worldviews. In the late 1400s, the expansive Aztec Empire encircled Tlaxcala, cutting it off from trade – yet it remained an anomalous blip of defiance. Paleodiet analyses shows how, with a lens of abundance, the Tlaxcalteca turned to their surrounding landscape for sustenance and sovereignty. 500 years later, descendants of the Tlaxcalteca form part of grassroots food sovereignty movements, which look to the landscape as the solution to contemporary ills such as diabetes, financial stress, and depression. Through four chapters, I follow the stories of Jaime and Adriana (Maguey growers), Dalia and Nicolasa (traditional chefs), Zeferino (a Nopal farmer) and Felipe (a household grower and archaeologist). Combining dietary isotope analyses with oral history interviews, I bookend these stories with a self-exploration as a Mexican-American archaeologist, seeking an alternative to the emotionally distant and isolated academic world, and an identity fragmented by colonialism. Viewing the land and it’s recipes as memory-keepers, these stories reclaim, revive, and transform possibilities for living in the present and looking towards the future – the past as a reminder of alternative ways to live in the present.

Ambientada en Tlaxcala, México, un pequeño estado con un legado de resistencia, este corto documental presenta la arqueología como una herramienta clave para recordar historias alimentarias anteriores a las cosmovisiones capitalistas y coloniales. A finales del siglo XV, el imperio azteca en expansión rodeó Tlaxcala, aislándola del comercio, pero siguió siendo un punto anómalo de desafío. Los análisis de la paleodieta muestran cómo, con una lente de abundancia, los tlaxcaltecas recurrieron al paisaje circundante en busca de sustento y soberanía. Quinientos años después, los descendientes de los tlaxcaltecas forman parte de movimientos de base por la soberanía alimentaria, que ven el paisaje como la solución a males contemporáneos como la diabetes, el estrés financiero y la depresión. A lo largo de cuatro capítulos, sigo las historias de Jaime y Adriana (cultivadores de maguey), Dalia y Nicolasa (chefs tradicionales), Zeferino (un agricultor de nopal) y Felipe (un agricultor y arqueólogo). Combinando análisis de isótopos dietéticos con entrevistas de historia oral, complemento estas historias con una autoexploración como arqueóloga mexicana-estadounidense, que busca una alternativa al mundo académico emocionalmente distante y aislado, y a una identidad fragmentada por el colonialismo. Al considerar la tierra y sus recetas como guardianes de la memoria, estas historias recuperan, reviven y transforman posibilidades para vivir en el presente y mirar hacia el futuro: el pasado como un recordatorio de formas alternativas de vivir en el presente.

About Keitlyn Alcántara / Acerca de Keitlyn Alcántara:

Dr. Keitlyn Alcántara is an anthropologist interested in the ways our bodies and lived experiences have been shaped by interactions that extend centuries into the past. A Mexican-American with a nomadic childhood, she explores how foodways carry memories and values into new contexts, both in the archaeological past, and within our contemporary diasporic world. She believes in challenging power hierarchies that value academic experts above community knowledge keepers, and works to equitably meld academic research and community interests to create impactful social change.

La Dra. Keitlyn Alcántara es una antropóloga interesada en las formas en que nuestros cuerpos y nuestras experiencias vividas han sido moldeadas por interacciones que se remontan a siglos atrás. Mexicana-estadounidense con una infancia nómada, explora cómo las costumbres gastronómicas llevan recuerdos y valores a nuevos contextos, tanto en el pasado arqueológico como en nuestro mundo diaspórico contemporáneo. Ella cree en desafiar las jerarquías de poder que valoran a los expertos académicos por encima de los guardianes del conocimiento de la comunidad, y trabaja para combinar equitativamente la investigación académica y los intereses de la comunidad para crear un cambio social impactante.

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Movies | En español | Arts & Culture |

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