IN THE NAME OF WELLNESS
IN THE NAME OF WELLNESS is a longterm project produced in collaboration with the Pulitzer Center in different LatinAmerican countries that investigates the phenomenon of environmental neocolonialism, its mechanism and its consequences on the ecosystems and local population to support the market for a diet defined healthy in Western countries.
Western food fads,the obsession with everything that is healthy,often has a human cost that no one imagines.Especially because that human almost always lives out of sight. Products like Avocado, soya,quinoa are now commonly used on our tables. Foods considered the basis for a healthy diet.
Today,just like over 500 years ago, colonialism is still alive,although it adopts different forms and takes different names.
The ships that used to sail off from the ports of Latin America loaded down with silver,gold,cacao and rubber are now enormous freighters that carry off raw materials produced there,depriving local people of water and productive land.
Western food fads,the obsession with everything that is healthy,often has a human cost that no one imagines.Especially because that human almost always lives out of sight. Products like Avocado, soya,quinoa are now commonly used on our tables. Foods considered the basis for a healthy diet.
Today,just like over 500 years ago, colonialism is still alive,although it adopts different forms and takes different names.
The ships that used to sail off from the ports of Latin America loaded down with silver,gold,cacao and rubber are now enormous freighters that carry off raw materials produced there,depriving local people of water and productive land.