United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization: Protecting Culinary Legacies & Food in a Changing Planet:

Description

Beyond being a basic need for humans to live, food is a profound form of artistic and cultural expression. Given the current state of a changing planet, both socially and geographically, delegates are tasked to tackle issues of food beyond a traditional perspective of food as a basic necessity, addressing its value from a socio-cultural perspective. Delegates are encouraged to be creative, thoughtful, and reflective in order to tackle issues such as disappearing culinary cultures, global warming leading to the loss of culturally significant ingredients, culinary colonization, and the criteria for foods to be officially recognized as intangible cultural heritage.

Chair: Mariana Irineo

Vice Chair: TBA