From Dock to Dish: The Kitchen School with Mabel Llevat, Mamadou Seydi, Papalaye and Alba Aguilera | Activity

This change affects not just food, but also ways of working, local economies and migratory processes. First came the internal migrations, then the international ones. This is why many people today seen as migrants and nothing else come from communities that historically lived from fishing. Meanwhile, traditional fishing in Catalonia is also in a critical position, under pressure from a model that concentrates resources, markets and infrastructures in a few hands.

To talk about all this we will have four very special guests: Mabel Llevat, with whom we will walk from the Columbus statue to the Moll dels Pescadors to discover Barcelona’s colonial and port history; Mamadou Yero Seydi, who will be sharing the history of fishing in different African countries and discussing the part played by fishing communities there; Papalaye, a traditional fisherman from Senegal, spokesperson of the Sindicat Popular de Venedors Ambulants, the street seller’s union, and founder of the project “Mi sueño no era ser mantero, soy pescador” [My dream wasn’t to be a street seller, I’m a fisherman”]; and Alba Aguilera, the youngest traditional fisherman in Catalonia, who will be telling us about the current position of fishing in this country.

We’ll finish off the day by sharing a small fisherman’s afternoon snack to bid our school project farewell until we meet again in October.