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November 19, 2009FOTM Group MeetingDefining the Narrative Arc
In attendance
: Elena, Meghan, Shana, Kaitlynne, Lucia, Adrian, Amy Johnson,Erin, Anna, Heather, Kathryn, Amy Atticks, Krystal, Sara, Annie, Ron, andSteveBrainstorming Exercise:1. Ideas
Cards (15 minutes)Write ideas for what you want to be included in the exhibition.2. Cards
Categories (15)3. Topic sentence/category (20)4. Sentences
Exhibition/Narrative Plan (30)
Narrative forms:
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Ways transportation changes food/travel type? Or food and changeover time/crossing over, change?
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Transportation modes disrupt ritual of eating food. Changes values of eating food. Meaning of food to Americans disrupted, each mode of transportation comes up with solutions to deal with.
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Change over time in food as change disrupts notion of food/eating.Changes in technology (planes, trains, automobiles) and culture(trends in food packaging, eating).
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It’s about people who eat while they travel, not how the food travels toget to the people.
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Is the project about the food associated with various modes of transportation or food as a bridge?
Evidence – Areas of Focus for Exhibit Research
1. Stagecoach2. Train3. Steamship4. Car5. Plane
Answer these questions about each category/ Goal
:*Who’s moving? Who is on the road? Why?HistoryModes of Transportation*Who’s preparing/serving?*What are they eating? And why? How much choice do you have?Portable
PackagingAmerican Values/ChoiceMarketingAvailability*How are travelers eating? TrendsPleasure
Address these issues/tracks when answering the questions
Slow
FastCultures of Taste – Values re: health, good choice, viable ways toeat, communities, immigrationIndividual
Corporate
MAIN LABEL/ BIG QUESTIONS
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So What?
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What is the exhibit about? How our culture has been shaped by foodassociated with travel.
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What do you learn?
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What do you see?-How does food shape our experience?-What did you eat on your way here?-How come you only get a tiny bag of pretzels on an airplane?-What do you want out of food when you travel?-Over the last two centuries, Americans’ “food on the go” has changed.-Travel with us; pack your own lunch.-From slow to fast, individual to corporate, across communities of taste– food is with us every step of the way. Sentences to explain each of the three tracks.-Paragraph about history. – As travel has changed, we’ve change howwe eat, what we eat, and who we eat with.-As we travel more, farther and faster, our need for food travels with us,and our ways of eating change along the way. Travel with us as weinvestigate what we eat, how we get food on the go, what we movewith and why.
Programming Topics
SustainableProductionEthics
Next Steps:
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List of participants
Richard (Elena)
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Update proposal for Annie & Steve (Meghan and Amy Johnson)
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Edit proposal for Annie & Steve (Erin)
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