Abstract
Über den Tellerrand (ÜDT) is a grassroots organization, which began in 2013 with the aim of using cooking and eating together as a means of connecting newcomers and locals in Berlin. This mission quickly expanded to include a wide range of projects, with the aim of creating spaces in which people of different cultures, especially people with and without a migration background, could meet and, based on their common interests, get to know one another. By participating in a variety of diverse activities such as mentoring projects, community events, sports activities and intimate cookbooks, prejudices are reduced on both sides and the formation of lasting friendships is made possible. Über den Tellerrand also encourages and empowers locals and newcomers to actively shape their own community by enabling them to implement their own ideas and run their projects.
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Oranienplatz is a square in Kreuzberg, Berlin. From October 2012–April 2014, Oranienplatz was a site of pro-refugee and migrant protests and occupations based on three key demands: abolition of camps, abolition of movement restrictions on refugees based on place of residency and an end to deportations (Langa 2015).
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Testimony shared with Über den Tellerrand (internal document).
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Testimony shared with Über den Tellerrand (internal document).
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Testimony shared with Über den Tellerrand (internal document).
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ÜDT recently joined the social gastronomy movement to become one of ten hubs around the world to work on creating opportunities for people living on the margins of society, while simultaneously working on reducing food waste and eliminating world hunger. Social Gastronomy Movement (SGM) was officially launched in 2018 and aims to connect chefs, projects and stakeholders through social gastronomy hubs and an online platform to achieve many goals including connecting the different players in the field, inspiring households to change their habits, empowering companies to be more sustainable, changing consumer behavior and sharing best practices. Each Hub is independent and aims to cater to the needs of their local community, while the online platform ensures that expertise could always be shared to accelerate innovation and foster inspiration.
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ÜDT, Über den Tellerrand. (2018). Kitchen on the Run—Next Stop Heimat. Retrieved October 2, 2019, from https://ueberdentellerrand.org/media/com_form2content/documents/c32/a110/f325/Konzept%20und%20Voraussetzungen%20KotR%202019.pdf.
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Edres, N. (2020). Connecting Through Cooking: Kitchen Hubs as Spaces for Bringing Local Community and Newcomers Together. In: Baban, F., Rygiel, K. (eds) Fostering Pluralism through Solidarity Activism in Europe. Palgrave Studies in Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56894-8_9
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