The Southern Foodways Alliance documents, studies, and explores the diverse food cultures of the changing American South.
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Twenty-one years after Eugene Walter's death, why don’t more people know about Mobile's consummate character?
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When the Tang family moved to northwest Arkansas in the 1980s, they were the first Chinese family in their town. After…
The Southern Foodways Alliance drives a more progressive future by leading conversations that challenge existing constructs, shape perspectives, and foster meaningful discussions. We reconsider the past with research, scrutiny, and documentation.
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Ava Lowrey is SFA's Pihakis Documentary Filmmaker.
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Annemarie Anderson is SFA's Oral Historian.
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Beginning in the year of his death, white Mississippians co-opted the Blind Jim story to further the segregation of…
Oral History
Barbecue, fried chicken and spaghetti; game suppers and mile high pies. Those foods are traditionally associated with the Natural State. But what about biryani, idli, and butter chicken, foods traditionally associated with India and Indian Americans?
Oral History
Tidewater Virginians have long relied on the water for sustenance. Narrators recount how their cooking has roots in…
Oral History
This project explores the careers of Anne Byrn, Debbie Moose, Donna Battle Pierce, Dotty Griffith, Elaine Corn, Jean…
Film
When the Tang family moved to northwest Arkansas in the 1980s, they were the first Chinese family in their town. After…
Film
"One Stop" spotlights Mac's 1 Stop gas station in Birmingham, Alabama. The film premiered at the 2019 Winter Symposium…
Film
At the 2018 Fall Symposium SFA partnered with 21c Museum Hotels to welcome artist collective Ghost of a Dream, Adam Eckstrom and Lauren Was, and their stunning installation, "Traveling Through the Dawn of Day."
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