type: Individual Organization Issue
Name: YUM: A Taste of Immigrant City
Description:
YUM: A Taste of Immigrant City is a multi-year project aimed at studying and supporting thirteen locally-based first and second generation immigrant-owned restaurants in Somerville, Massachusetts. Initially the project was conceived of by faculty and students in the Seminar “Anthropology in Action: Fieldwork Methods for the 21st Century” (fall 2008) as a local mapping and graphic design project aimed at identifying local small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) key in the public cultural and economic life of Somerville during the recession. Through its partnership with The Welcome Project (a Somerville immigration advocacy and operational organization) and the School for Museum of Fine Arts, YUM has since evolved into a cultural and economic revitalization project which seeks not just to raise the visibility of these restaurants and to document their rich social, historical and economic contributions to the city and region, but ultimately to expand their clientele so that they might better survive the financial downturn that has threatened so many of our region’s SMEs. (From http://yumimmigrantcity.com/about/)
Address 530 Mystic Ave, #111
city: Somerville
state: MA
zip: 02145
Phone Number: (617) 623-6633
Web Site: http://yumimmigrantcity.com
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