For our first observational task we was assigned to research the area of Canning Town. As part of London’s oldest but nowadays forgotten areas, Canning Town turned out to be a hidden gem. First glance of the surroundings gave the impression of another business area where people go to spend their days in an office from 9am-5pm. Little did we know, Canning Town turned out to have an impacable art community and great history, that has been marked in time, prior 19th century.

As part of the research from my MA graduate project, the experiments here focus on the comment ‘Beijing's traditional snacks taste horrible’ left on Chinese social media. I aim to explore the intersection between food, identity, and the shaping of distinctions among citizens. As the relationship between the city and the world disintegrates in the process of de-globalization, people tend to focus on conflicts rather than seeking consensus. The majority of them tend to get involved in polarized division of camps. In my point of view, the research in ‘food as a power and patriarchal construction’ would open up new possibilities for food anthropology in the context of the information era. By examinin the ways in which food is used to construct power and identity, we can gain insights into the complex relationships between culture, society, and individuals.