On the Move: Migration and Creativity
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content: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2018 Smithsonian Folklife Festival
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content: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2018 Smithsonian Folklife Festival / Series 4: On The Move / 4.3: Audio
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content: 2018-07-05
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content: Andy Shalal; Antranik Kilislian; Noobtsaa Philip Vang; Liana Aghajanian; Andy Shalal; translator; Hamazasp Danielyan; A source of sustenance and the centerpiece of social gatherings, food can function as a touchstone to heritage, a form of expression and communication, and as an avenue for improving livelihoods. Andy Shallal, D.C.-based artist, activist, and entrepreneur (owner of Busboys & Poets), leads a conversation on this topic with Armenian and U.S.-based food entrepreneurs whose businesses have been shaped by contemporary migrations caused by conflict and war. Panelists include Antranik Kilislian of Abu Hakob, a family-owned restaurant that moved from Aleppo to Yerevan in 2014; Noobtsaa Philip Vang, founder of D.C.-based Foodhini; and Liana Aghajanian, Detroit-based journalist and producer of the Dining in Diaspora blog. The session is co-presented with the American Anthropological Association. It is part of the series Cultures of Survival: From Displacement to Resilience supported by the ANCA Endowment Fund #KeepThePromise and Aurora Humanitarian Initiative.