Transfer of Culture as seen by Colombian Cuisine - Dec. 2015

Item

Title
Transfer of Culture as seen by Colombian Cuisine - Dec. 2015
Description
The video-portrait explores cultural adaptation and transfer of Colombian traditions as seen by cuisine. Catalina, a Colombian citizen living in London Ontario and member of the Canadian Latin American Association shares traditional dishes that are her favorite to prepare. Catalina discusses the significance of cuisine to Colombian culture and challenges she faced to keeping her traditions as she moved to London in the year 2004. Catalina expresses that Canada's families are multicultural and so is its society. The multicultural society facilitates a myriad of immigrants with different nationalities to be accepted and also allowing them to maintain their own traditions. Catalina discusses that she doesn't have trouble finding the ingredients to prepare typical dishes because of the presence of latino and asian markets. It is only the tropical and fresher ingredients like maracuya (passion fruit) that she has difficulty finding. Catalina's is happy with her lifestyle in Canada and she invites Canadians who are interested in Colombian culture to try preparing typical food or visiting local latino restaurants. Most importantly she recommends Canadians to not believe all that the television says about Colombia because it is often a generalization. She invites viewers to be open and meet Colombian people who are friendly and also like to raise their children in a good environment.
Subject
Colombian Cuisine and cultural adaptation.
Coverage
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Date
December 7th 2015
Language
English and Spanish (with English subtitles)
Creator
Matteo Middei
Source
Original
Contributor
Member of the London Hispanic Community: Catalina and Felipe Barrios
Rights
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Relation
Part of "Hispanic Collection"
Format
Video
Video
Type
Moving Image
Identifier
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAHWHC-6Wmg
Publisher
Bridging Classroom and Community: Languages and Cultures in Action, WEstern University Fall 2015
Extent
Duration: 6:11 Filiming Time: 1 hour and a half filming. Editing Time: 2 weeks
producer
Matteo Middei
director
Matteo Middei