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CHOCOLATE'S DIVERGENT HISTORYSUZAN INAN
(CH)
Workshop, decolonial perspectives, history
In this workshop focused on making age old chocolate the public is invited to create raw chocolate chocolate according to 16th century processes. Each session will conclude with the sampling of historical chocolate while its divergent history will be told through stories and illustrations. While discussing chocolates’ forgotten history, participants will be invited to reflect on the political, economic and socio-cultural dynamics that shape and change tastes and values regarding chocolate.
Being of immigrant descent has driven Suzan Inan to study human geography. Thus, it put in perspective her perception of territories, affiliation and displacement. She then understood that food is a medium used to state, claim and maintain cultural belonging as well as a means for a social class or country to impose dominance onto others.
In 2013, Susan discovers chocolates’ complex impact on the world through the ages, and since, it has been her main focus. In 2017, she establishes Sadé, an enterprise in which she manufactures chocolate following age old methods. As a “chocolate maker”, she seeks the socio-economic and cultural mechanisms that shape taste and preferences.