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PROGRAMS HIDDEN-JOURNEYS™ programs reveal the connectedness of peoples of the world that comes not from technology but from food and culture . The story of the tomato or chili pepper, for example, shows us how the world began shrinking some five hundred years ago. At the same time, food is the open doorway into people’s lives. Going shopping in markets, eating street food and being invited to dinner with people is a great way to get to know them and shrink the distance between cultures. Hidden Journeys' Programs
In addition to being entertaining, the programs are highly suitable for educational settings and are widely used in schools across the United States. Programs in the PBS listings and sold by them have curricula and teachers’ guides accompanying them. Each emphasizes the themes underlying HIDDEN-JOURNEYS™ programs: cultural diversity and cultural blending; and cultural ecology. The first two are about multiculturalism and the idea of the cultural melting pot, the last about how people fit into or shape the environments in which they live. All programs in the series are based on these main ideas and examine several others which come from them, including: the natural environments in which people live; how the environment dictated what foodstuffs were used, and conversely, how environments were changed by to accommodate certain foods; diffusion __ how things and ideas have spread from one people to another, foodstuffs of prime significance here; how and what people eat reflect the ways that they think about the world, e.g. the social content of the food -- elite and common fare; how technology of food production has shaped what we eat __ cooking techniques are part of this, and how all of these ideas are expressed in peoples' culture through art, song, dance, festivals, and food. |
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