Workshop – Dutch Dumplings Workshop: How do you make a Maastricht dumpling?
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20.01.2024
Anas Chao
Dutch Dumplings Workshop Series is a chain of events held at several Dutch cities, aimed at using dumplings as a tool to open up conversations, and identifying how local residents see their relationships with the Netherlands as a place to call home.
The feeling of home constantly shifts as we go through different time and space, and this is most noticeable in the everyday act of eating. Anas Chao founded the Ministry of Dumpling Affairs as he sees the change in his feeling of home best reflected in dumplings — a dish that serves as his earliest understanding of home.
Through this workshop series, Anas shares his personal dumpling stories in exchange for others’ stories of finding and maintaining the feeling of home. This allows him to have a deeper understanding of the Netherlands, a place that he currently sees as his home. He also hopes that participants may look at their cities from an alternative perspective, as the workshop may showcase unexpected relationships between residents and the city.
The workshop is not simply asking for recipes to answer the question asked in the title, “How do you make a Maastricht dumpling?” It is an invitation to the people that have shaped Maastricht into the way it is today, to contribute their thoughts on what defines the city and its landscape. Ultimately leading us to have a more comprehensive and realistic knowledge of what forms the identity and a sense of belonging in the Netherlands.
This workshop is supported by Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie.