Yessica Díaz

Map of customs – drawings of the relationships of manners and customs with food by Yessica Lizbeth Diaz (Mexico) thinks of societies as living systems, full of functionalities with balances that activate the planet in constant movement. It looks for displacements, adaptations, thinks about customs. All this in relation to food. The methodology is based on drawing handmade maps, but also the exchange with the local community. The relation with children and adolescents of the region, the use of drawing as a cartographic tool available to everybody, the reflection on food and generational changes make the project a powerful tool for understanding the local society.

Juri text rural.scapes #labRes2016_1