NYU Shanghai Deans’ Undergraduate Research Fund
Teammate
Mentor
Weixian Pan
Type
Documentary
Time
2021
Food, the daily necessity, is facing reformation under media and technology adaptation. This project focuses on the authenticity of the food culture under mutations. As media is critical in today’s information delivery, food representations in media become bridges between different cultures. Premade food became viral after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. We discuss the sacrifice of cultural authenticity that the shortened processing time has brought. This project takes A Bite of China and catering products as lenses in investigating northwestern Chinese cuisines and presents the observation through a mix-media mode, including a 30-page essay and a 20-minute short documentary.
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