Webinar on Culinary Sustainability as a Belonging and Resilience Practice for Syrian Refugees

Susan Rottmann, Zeynap Yilmaz Hava and Nour Zanjer joined a Zoom webinar at Clark University to talk about food, homemaking, and integration for Syrian women in three cities in Türkiye. The talk is titled “Culinary Sustainability as a Belonging and Resilience Practice for Syrian Refugees”  This talk is part of the Clark University's Fall '24 Belonging Talks series, "Food, Migration, and Belonging: Sustainable Practices for Integrated Communities." This series is co-sponsored by Clark University’s Department for Sustainability and Social Justice, the new Sustainable Food Systems Program, the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, the Sociology Department, and the Political Science Department, with the generous support of the Chester Bland Fund.

During the webinar, panelists presented their Tübitak research project, gave an overview of Syrian refugees' sitation in Turkiye. After Rottmann talked about food and belonging, Yılmaz Hava and Zanjer presented the findings of their article (under review) on culinary sustainability as a belonging and resilience practice for Syrian women in Istanbul. The webinar concluded with tha Q&A session.