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Alejandra Salamanca
from Colombian Cuisine For The World Cultural Diplomacy And Culinary Diversitye title of your publication
by Plan de Promoción de Colombia en el Exterior, Dirección Asuntos Culturales, Cancillería Colombia
Anthropologist from Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia), Masters of Arts Anthropology of Food from SOAS University of London. She works on participatory methods focused on environmental peace and food sovereignty. Among other projects, she worked on the co-creation of community initiatives based on foodways at Casa Múcura (Chocó, Colombia), and coordinated the projects of the FUNLEO Foundation: “Sucre tastes differently”, focused on the gastronomic heritage of the department of Sucre, Colombia, and Zotea, Integrative Center of Gastronomy (Coquí, Chocó). She was a co-researcher in the “Los herederos” project, which focused on migration and street food vending (New York) and, in partnership with the community of Coquí, she is the co-author of the book Abrazar la Tierra: Memorias Colectivas de la Cocina Ancestral de Coquí, Chocó (Ed. Hammbre de cultura, 2022), which won two awards at the Gourmand Awards Food Culture by country, 2023.
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