Critical Kitchen under the Sister City Partnership Program Dar es Salaam – Hamburg
2016-2028
Partner: MitOst Hamburg, Germany; INTERRA, Russia
Funded by: City of Hamburg and Bingo
“Critical Kitchen” is a trilateral youth exchange project with INTERRA from Krasnojarsk in Russia, MitOst Hamburg in Germany, and Tanzania Youth Coalition (TYC) from Dar es Salaam in Tanzania.
The motto of this three-year project (2016-2018) is “The real party takes place in the kitchen!” Here, participants not only cook and enjoy the food but also engage intensely and passionately in discussions about world politics.
The opening of the critical kitchen takes place in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in August 2016. 36 young people from the Siberian Krasnoyarsk, the Tanzanian Dar es Salaam, and mainly the metropolitan region Hamburg live this principle for three weeks, travel with their mobile kitchen through Tanzania, camp at different places in the country, and ask people to join at the table for discussion and dialogue. Together they dare a journey of discovery and look beyond the box.
What exactly do I eat every day? What is the path of the coffee that brings me to life in the morning? Is my food ecologically and sustainably cultivated? Does the food come from my region? In addition, is not that the luxury and the privilege of being able to pay attention to it? What is it like in other parts of the world? What is the consequence of the continuous reduction of harvest yields of maize and wheat? What are the global contexts of nutrition?
In 2017, participants from Russia, Germany, and Tanzania will explore these issues from a new perspective. Building on their experiences in Tanzania, they will learn about different ways of thinking and living. To fulfill the requirements of a “trilateral exchange,” the project will continue in Krasnoyarsk in the summer of 2018.
More about MitOst Hamburg: http://www.mitost-hamburg.de/startseite/.
More about INTERRA: https://interrasibir.com/.