BTBF Reflection: Final Reflection
As I am saying goodbye to Syracuse, I am also saying goodbye to this blog. The inquiry of food and identity was initially overwhelming. So, for my first assignment I stuck close to home and explored my Nigerian culture. As I watched videos and read more articles in and out of class, I realized that I wanted to learn and write about food from both a cultural and not cultural perspective. Posts like my munchies reflection and my recipe illustrated the internal perspectives related to cultural foods. For example, we want to preserve our food (create a legacy) and have others explore the flavors and meanings behind each dish. Posts like my PSA and my graphic novel reflected the external perspectives related to cultural foods. For example, the impact of cultural ignorance is often rudeness and a lack of understanding when it comes to new and different foods which can have real world implications (especially economic implications). While navigating these perspectives was my intention, projec
