Lunch & Learn: Attending Feasts, Attending Fish Photo
Lunch & Learn: Attending Feasts, Attending Fish
Lam Museum of Anthropology

Thursday, March 26, 2026 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

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Venue

Lam Museum of Anthropology
Wake Forest University, Palmer Residence Hall, 1315 Carroll Weathers Dr, Winston-Salem, NC 27109, USA
Winston-Salem
Arts & Culture, Free events, Lectures & Speakers, Museum

About

Feasts were a key part of Native American life in Woodland period (200 CE – 1600 CE) Tidewater Virginia and North Carolina. In this talk, Dr. Taylor Callaway, Visiting Lecturer in Anthropology, Wake Forest University, will discuss the historical relationships between Tidewater Algonquian and Iroquoian-speaking peoples and their fish kin, particularly through the lens of cuisine. Working with the archaeological traces of past meals and the philosophies of contemporary Native thinkers, Callaway argues that attending feasts in the Woodland Tidewater also entailed attending to fish. Attendees are welcome to bring your own bag lunch. Drinks and dessert will be provided. Admission is free.