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AYA Science and Society Tour
What scientific stories are hidden behind the Amsterdam facades? Amsterdam Young Academy (AYA) presents the AYA Science <+> Society Tour, visiting eight locations in Amsterdam. Marci Cottingham (UvA) and Ghizlane Aarab (ACTA) will change your perspective on the fast-food chains on the Damrak.
One location in the tour is an establishment of the popular fast-food chain McDonald’s at the Damrak. The very fact we encounter these and other fast-food restaurants everywhere on the globe tells us something about globalisation. Marci Cottingham (Department of Sociology at UvA) tells how McDonald’s and other international companies service and shape our emotions. And Ghizlane Aarab, from the section Orofacial pain and dysfunction at the Academic Centre for Dentistry, will explain the consequences fast-food chains have on the health of society, in particular by the rising growth of obesity.
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Icon image: Dam met kring mensen voor straatartiest, Damrak fotograaf Edwin van Eis uit Beeldbank Amsterdam