Exploring How Black People Gather Food and Each Other
Gather is a multimodal project that explores the ways Black people gather in the midst of anti-Black violence to nourish ourselves and each other. Central to this exploration are the spaces that we imagine, create, and inhabit to mark our resilience and love for each other—often with food in tow.
Gather is structured around the idea of gathering as a form of choreography that happens at different scales and in particular moments. Just like choreography for a performance, gathering is both planned—as in a strategy employed by people and organizations—and spontaneous—as in a response to a specific moment, occurrence, or feeling.
Meet Dr. Ashanté Reese
Gatherer of People, Stories, Recipes and Traditions
Dr. Ashanté Reese is a writer, anthropologist, and associate professor of African and African Diaspora at The University of Texas at Austin. Her work traces the delicate threads between Black geographies, food justice, and care to tell deeper stories about how history, place, and taste converge to create freedom and survival.
