R. B. (Rimvyde) Muzikeviciute-Oud, MA

As a PhD candidate, I explore how artistic and cultural interventions shape sustainable food practices and our relationship to lived landscapes. My research focuses on cultural values, place-based characteristics and embodied experience that encourage more responsible food production and consumption. I combine arts-based methods with sensory ethnography, seeking to contribute to the development of qualitative research methodologies. The aim of my research is to evaluate how art-based initiatives can foster ecological thinking about local sustainable food practices and, in turn, aid agricultural transitions.