Join the Harvard Food Literacy Project for a special virtual book talk with editor and Associate Professor of Media Studies at the University of Tulsa, Emily J.H. Contois. The book, titled, 'Food Instagram: Identity, Influence, and Negotiation,' examines the ways in which we relate to food and how social media -- especially Instagram, and more recently, TikTok -- has influenced that relationship. During the presentation, Dr. Contois will cover a high-level overview of the book, its contributing writers, as well as some discussion about how social media is part of our food lives. About the book: "Image by image and hashtag by hashtag, Instagram has redefined the ways we relate to food. Emily J. H. Contois and Zenia Kish edit contributions that explore the massively popular social media platform as a space for self-identification, influence, transformation, and resistance. Artists and journalists join a wide range of scholars to look at food’s connection to Instagram from vantage points as diverse as Hong Kong’s camera-centric foodie culture, the platform’s long history with feminist eateries, and the photography of Australia’s livestock producers. What emerges is a portrait of an arena where people do more than build identities and influence. Users negotiate cultural, social, and economic practices in a place that, for all its democratic potential, reinforces entrenched dynamics of power."
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