Could we design a project to use a (hypothetical) special collection of menus or cookbooks to find evidence of social change? Did restaurants change their menus after integration? How and when did various ethnic flavors and ingredients enter our experience? Is there a way to trace a culture’s understanding of ingredients and their cultural heritage? What is the relation of fusion cuisine to cultural authenticity? Could it be visualized? What other questions might we ask of such a collection and how would we display the findings on the web?

Here’s an idea that can pair with John Glover’s earlier post.  I suggest that a group of folks each contribute 3 – 5 photographs currently on their smartphones to a group photo pool (Flickr?). We then break into smaller teams/pairs to create brief (five panel?) narratives using only the images available.