Case Study: Performances on the future of food- TTT Pilot Berlin

Martin – Series of performances on the future of food - Vienna

Performances: bike-tour, party, theater, expert input, included in the cultural festival

Methodological aspects:
advertisement worked well, because it was included in the cultural festival, information was included in the official media campaign, mentioned in official press releases; there was media interest in advance; but still the majority of the people attending was from the scene, a few “new” people where reached; everything was in German, might have reduced the diversity → the funding would have allowed translation

People were encourage to register before, to make the organizing of food easier; registering was possible via email and phone (which were on the leaflets distributed before); also a cell phone number was provided so that people could call during the tour and join the bike tour later

childcare:
people were responsible for their children; pregnant woman used the rickshaw

theater was officially allowed; a good spot in the center was allocated; problem was weather, theater should happen in summer;

there were experts for the theater and for the stops of the bike-tour; expert input was street lectures

on the 2nd bike-tour: games → more participatory

example:

people went to different food distribution places, like small food shop run by immigrants, average supermarket, gas station, farmers market, organic farmers market, discounter

then there look for aspects like from how far do the products come, which one is the most local one, which one comes from far away; look for diversity in the shops, the amount of products by one company in a shop/market

one topic was also working conditions in agriculture: problem in Vienna region is that many immigrants seasonal workers work in poor conditions → it was difficult to reach these people