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Flavors of Resilience

Flavors of Resilience: A Culinary Chronicle of Conflict-Inspired Cuisine from the Northern Territories of Sri Lanka.

Flavors of Resilience: A Culinary Chronicle of Conflict-Inspired Cuisine from the Northern Territories of Sri Lanka

 

STUDENT MEDIA GRANT PROGRAM

SMGP 2024-2025 Grantee: Taahira Ayoob
 
Taahira Ayoob was a Toursim Management Masters student at the University of Girona in Spain when she was awarded a Student Media Grant. She traveled to Sri Lanka in 2024 to work on her project. 

 

Project description: 

Taahira's work for CONDEV aimed to understand and raise awareness about the connection between food and war in the Northern Territories of Sri Lanka using the themes of resilience, heritage and culture. She sought to investigate through multimedia journalism, how home-cooking experiences could be a form of tourism regeneration for Sri Lankans families after close to 30 years of conflict. 

With the assistance of the SMGP grant, Taahira delivered different multimedia outputs that help raise awareness of Sri Lanka’s culinary potential and history in relation, and provide digital support to the home-cooking Jaffna Tamil communities. Her photographs and accompanying essay will delve into the intricacies of post-conflict tourism regeneration through the lens of Jaffna’s culinary legacy and the richness of the women in the community who are guardians of these recipes.

 

 

                      
 
                                                                          
Photo credits: Taahira Ayoob

 

Project Deliverables: 
 
  4. Photo essay and additional deliverables and images will be available soon.  

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