Embodied geographies of food, belonging and hope in multicultural Hamilton, Aotearoa New Zealand

摘要: Abstract This article focuses on embodied geographies of food, belonging and hope for a group migrant women in the small city Hamilton, Aotearoa New Zealand. We explore complex nature multiculturalism as it is produced via place food-sharing. Interviews cooking sessions with 11 each from different country, prompted range emotions highlighting numerous ways which feel that they belong, or do not to their ‘old home’, ‘new home’. Furthermore, sharing food feelings helps establish affective ties between migrants – across ethnic differences Hamilton. These hopeful intercultural encounters discussed digested kitchens are moments reciprocity mutual recognition ethnically culturally ‘different’ women. account provides means only difficulties face, but also possibilities multicultural sharing.