DESIGN FOR BELONGING: FOOD JUSTICE

In this class students will learn how to design for belonging as it relates to one of our most essential needs: food. The course asks: How food access experiences are structured to support belonging (or not) and how can they be? We will look at elements of the local and national food systems to explore how systems have been designed and what they create. We will then work closely with a local partner to develop meaningful design solutions that support a more just food system. Students will have the opportunity to explore the roles that both food and belonging play in their lives and the lives of people in local communities who represent a diversity of backgrounds and lived experiences. Through exercises and project work students will learn to explore with awareness and will be encouraged to develop their own understanding of both food justice and design for belonging. It is for students of all experience levels.