Inter/Connexions

Food and Drink

Mapping the field of Food and Drink is an exciting, complex though at times frustrating endeavour. Food and drink crosses and permeates all areas of lived experience, interpersonal relationships, intellectual reflection, aesthetic tastes and sensibilities; it nourishes, sustains, defines the identity of communities and nations, promotes and hinders health, drives economies and inspires creativity. As an area for research and exploration, it is multi-layered with a myriad intertwined and interweaving threads and requires a plethora of approaches, insights and perspectives if we are to better to understand, appreciate and grapple with it.

This inclusive interdisciplinary project seeks to explore critical issues in relation to Food and Drink through its history, its significance in human development, its meaning in the context of the 21st Century, as well as its expression in national and cultural histories across the world, including issues of transgression, safety, religion, etc. The project will also explore its representation in art, art history, literature, film and music.

Key Themes Being Explored

  • Food and Drink in the 21st Century

Upcoming Events

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Malcolm Alexander - Ulendo
Alec: The Father I Barely Knew

I never really knew my father. He died when I was eight. The news was devastating. Unbelievable. True to the spirit of the time, life carried on and I was back in school on Monday morning.

Aspects Of....Water

Further details available in September 2025. New event in 2026.

The aim of the series is to consider water from a variety of inclusive and interdisciplinary perspectives

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Music Measures Memories -
The Diaries of a Melomaniac

Jamie Robertson

Measuring my life with music has helped me recall experiences both good and bad but more importantly, it has enabled a healing process that I hadn’t realised I needed until I began writing my story.

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