Exploring Foodways as Embodied Knowledge and Multisensory Storytelling: A First Generation Canadian Making an Andhra Pradesh Thali

Authors

  • Sandy Rao Universiy of Calgary

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18733/cpi29632

Abstract

Sandy Rao graphically illustrates with audio, photography and narrative the ways in which food is central to understanding memory, history, culture, and notions of home.

Author Biography

Sandy Rao, Universiy of Calgary

Sandy Rao, MSW, RSW, RP formally held the role of Directory of Mental Health & Addictions at Ontario Health before leaving to pursue her PhD in the Faculty of Social Work as an Eyes High scholar at the University of Calgary. Sandy continues to practice as a Registered Social Worker and Registered Psychotherapist licensed in both Ontario and Alberta.

An intuitive self-portrait, inspired by the pieces inclluded in this journal that explore memory through multi-sensory experiences. I tried to create through various ways of knowing. I wanted to make something that you could run yur fingers along, and feel the different textures, the bumps in the grain of the wood, the brush strokes, the paper flowers, the cloth material, all of it. If you got close to it I wanted you to be able to smell the mix of coffee, acrylic paint, and the subtle aroma of dried flowers. I wanted to invoke textures through sight with various patterns and mark making. Lastly, I used past journal entries to create the flowers adding another layer of memory to the artwork that is unique and persona to me, reflecting on how each person's way of remembering is their own. Mihaela Slabe.

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Published

2022-07-15

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 1 (2021): Multisensory Storytelling: Creating Different Forms of Knowing, Being and Living in our World

Section

Articles, Illustrations and Verse