OPENING RECEPTION: Edible Empire: African Cocoa in a
Global Economy
Curated by Justin Bengry, Ellen Caldwell, and Bianca
Murillo
Tuesday, November 14 / 4:30 PM
Faculty Club, UCSB
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Edible Empire is an interdisciplinary collaborative
graduate project that will exhibit 19th and 20th century
materials and images depicting the West African cocoa
industry. This exhibition addresses the historical significance
of cocoa as a global commodity, its role in the development
of global capitalism, and its place in constructing
broader understandings of Europe's empire, its people
and products. Edible Empire will include a
silent auction with bidding on the featured artwork.
All proceeds and donations will go to the Day Chocolate
Company, partially owned and operated by a fair-trade
Ghanaian cocoa farming cooperative.
Sponsored by UCSB History Associates, the UCSB Graduate
Student Association and the IHC
