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Eating Together: Commensality seen through objects in the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter

A presentation and discussion of food and drink-related objects in the RAMM collection

We would like to invite you to join us for the presentation and discussion of food and drink-related objects in the Royal Albert Memorial Museum collection. Harry G West (Professor of Anthropology and Convenor of the MA Food Studies at the ÄÚÉä´óÄÌ) will frame the presentation with observations on commensality?€¡±the act of coming together to share food and drink. Tony Eccles (Curator of Ethnography at the RAMM) will then present a range of materials, with commentary provided by a number of specialists from the ÄÚÉä´óÄÌ.


Event details

Objects will include:

17th and 18th century tea sets from China
Objects for preparing, serving and drinking coffee from 20th century Oman
Sake sets from 19th century Japan
A 20th century kava bowl from Tonga
And a 19th century potlatch feasting dish from the American northwest

Among commentators will be:

Paul Cleave, Lecturer in Food Studies and Honorary Research Fellow, Centre for Rural Policy Research, ÄÚÉä´óÄÌ
Jane Whittle, Professor of Economic and Social History, ÄÚÉä´óÄÌ
Kawa Morad, Lecturer in Anthropology, ÄÚÉä´óÄÌ
Geoffrey Hughes, Lecturer in Anthropology, ÄÚÉä´óÄÌ
Celia Plender, Lecturer in Anthropology, ÄÚÉä´óÄÌ
Iza Kavedzija, Senior Lecturer in Anthropology, ÄÚÉä´óÄÌ
Tomi Bartole, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, ZRC SAZU, Slovenia

All are welcome to join us for this free event.