Storytelling expresses our actions and memories through photographs – or images to comprehend the relationships with significant foods in our daily practices.
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Maiz, Workshop, Online
Maiz, Workshop, Online
A hybrid workshop took place between the collective – located in four different countries (Chile, Colombia, USA, and Japan) – and students from Universidad Finis Terrae and Le Cordon Bleu Chile. The objective of the activity was to understand how we express our actions and memories through storytelling. To achieve this, a collective activity was carried out where participants linked a series of photographs – or images with personal memories and stories – in a way that allowed them to comprehend the relationships and associations within the significant foods they possess and use in their daily practices.
MAÍZ & Le Cordon Bleu's workshop began with the collective's presentation and their practices, followed by the commencement of the workshop. Each student was asked to bring three images printed in A4 format. Each of these images had to respond to a specific situation or event, chosen from personal experiences or memories. Thus, they were requested to provide (1) an image of a memorable landscape, (2) an image of something that represented wisdom to them, and (3) an image of memorable food.
During the activity, discussions about the stories and relationships behind each image and their meanings commenced. Addressing the concept of the domestic, as a group. Subsequently, each set of images was affixed to a wall, and a group or individual collage was composed. For each collage creation, a brief description of each image was worked on to complete the process.
During the workshop, five moments were encompassed: firstly, individual comments were made on the photos of adjacent peers, followed by affixing the images to the wall as a class; secondly, a group discussion occurred about parallels among the images hung on the wall by categories; thirdly, discussions took place about the meanings, stories, or narratives of the images; fourthly, teams reorganized the images to compose a collage through group negotiations; and fifthly, a text, poem, or haiku was created about the newly co-created image.
*Each collage and text was archived, photographed, and digitized to form materials for future research, interventions, and publications.
MAÍZ & Le Cordon Bleu's workshop began with the collective's presentation and their practices, followed by the commencement of the workshop. Each student was asked to bring three images printed in A4 format. Each of these images had to respond to a specific situation or event, chosen from personal experiences or memories. Thus, they were requested to provide (1) an image of a memorable landscape, (2) an image of something that represented wisdom to them, and (3) an image of memorable food.
During the activity, discussions about the stories and relationships behind each image and their meanings commenced. Addressing the concept of the domestic, as a group. Subsequently, each set of images was affixed to a wall, and a group or individual collage was composed. For each collage creation, a brief description of each image was worked on to complete the process.
During the workshop, five moments were encompassed: firstly, individual comments were made on the photos of adjacent peers, followed by affixing the images to the wall as a class; secondly, a group discussion occurred about parallels among the images hung on the wall by categories; thirdly, discussions took place about the meanings, stories, or narratives of the images; fourthly, teams reorganized the images to compose a collage through group negotiations; and fifthly, a text, poem, or haiku was created about the newly co-created image.
*Each collage and text was archived, photographed, and digitized to form materials for future research, interventions, and publications.