Abstract

Digesting Ritual: Food, waste and the body - a multi-disciplinary seminar, ritual and banquet at the Ivy Arts Centre – GSA, University of Surrey. Digesting Ritual presents a series of research papers and performances exploring relationships between the food we eat, the food we waste, and our bodies. The event broaches a range of topics including: food waste and motherhood in austerity Britain; excess, waste and enjoyment in molecular gastronomy; food, hospitality and hosting; and food, weather lore and climate change. The day concludes with a performance by Amanda Couch, involving the procession, destruction and communal consumption of a gigantic pie cooked in a specially-prepared underground oven.