desert truffles and the living heritage of qatar

(IN)›Tangible Lab presented at AMPS London - Heritages 2025: Critical Questions - Contemporary Practice, focusing on the desert truffle as a bridge between ecology, culture, history, and culinary traditions in Qatar.

The presentation argued that food practices, landscape, and collective memory are deeply intertwined, and that artistic and design-based research can serve as a powerful method for preserving and transmitting living heritage. By situating desert truffles within broader environmental and cultural systems, the work highlights how heritage is continuously shaped through place and community.

Peer-Reviewed Presentation:

Kensinger, A. Desert Truffles & the Living Heritage of Qatar: Bridging Ecology, Culture, and Culinary Traditions through Art and Design.

AMPS London, University of Greenwich, June 2025.