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What do we mean when we say local?
Project
What does buying, consuming and growing « local » food mean? This board is based on the workshop « What do we mean when we say local? » which was held by Hilary B. King, Andrea Rissing, Cicely Garret, and Yulia E. Chuvileva, at the 2020 Georgia Organics Conference, USA.
Client
Andrea Rissing is a cultural anthropologist focusing on agriculture, food systems, and the environment. I earned a Ph.D. from Emory University in 2019 and was a President’s Postdoctoral Scholar in Environment and Natural Resources at The Ohio State University from 2019-2021. In 2021, she moved back to Atlanta to bring an anthropological perspective to the FACES Environmental Lab at Emory University.
Dr. Hilary King is an applied anthropologist and sustainable food advocate. She completed her doctoral degree in Cultural Anthropology at Emory University, and also holds a Master’s degree in the Anthropology of Development and Social Transformation from the University of Sussex in Brighton, England. Currently, King is the Assistant Director of the Emory Master’s in Development Practice. She also serves as the Director of Graduate Studies for the program.
Andrea Rissing
Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Environment and Natural Resources, Ohio State University
RIVA Illustrations was wonderful to work with. As scholars venturing into representing our work graphically for the first time, we did not know where to start. Fiammetta collaborated with us to distill the insights of a four-hour workshop into a clear, colorful, comic. We iteratively developed the wording and images, and the conversations helped us clarify our audience, thesis, and contribution. This was such a rewarding way to present our work through new avenues. RIVA streamlined the process and made it accessible, fun, and fulfilling. We can’t wait to work with them again.
Artist
Fiammetta Ghedini is the co-founder of RIVA Illustrations. After completing her PhD in Cognitive Sciences in 2011, she worked as the editorial coordinator of the European research communication project ERCcOMICS (2015–2019), which used comics to make cutting-edge science accessible to a wider audience.
Since 2019, she has been working as an artist and science communicator at RIVA Illustrations, creating illustrations, graphic novels, and visual narratives that bridge art and research.
In 2025, she published her first comic book with Dargaud, titled Une Insatiable Envie de Douceur, a thought-provoking and visually rich exploration of our complex relationship with sugar.
