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Date(s): Sunday, October 20, 2024
Time: 4:00pm-5:30pm
Venue: Downtown Branch of AADL
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Can you imagine fleeing the brutality of the Syrian War to live in a refugee camp surrounded by desert? Cooking without modern conveniences, not knowing your future, drawing on centuries-old knowledge to survive? At Za‘atari Camp, a haven on the Jordanian border, the refugees have brought many of the old desert ways of cooking and surviving, preserving Syria’s cultural knowledge and renowned food practices for the world. Dr. Karen Fisher of the University of Washington, an embedded ethnographer at the camp, is your guide to cooking alongside the women of Za‘atari as they prepare regional foods for all occasions.
Dr. Karen E. Fisher is a Professor at the Information School, University of Washington (Seattle, USA) and an Embedded Field Researcher with UNHCR Jordan (Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees). She has worked with the people of Za‘atari Camp since 2015 to produce Za‘atari: Culinary Traditions of the World’s Largest Syrian Refugee Camp. Her expertise lies in using design ethnography to understand and support communities. A 1999 postdoctoral fellow at the Univ. of Michigan, she has found her second home at Za‘atari Camp.
For teens & adults. Held in Multi-Purpose Room.
- Date(s): Sunday, October 20, 2024
- Time: 4:00pm-5:30pm
- Cost: Free
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- Organizer: Ann Arbor District Library
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- Organizer Email: Not Provided
Venue: Downtown Branch of AADL
Address: 343 South Fifth Avenue, Ann Arbor
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