On Halloween, Día de Muertos and the Non-human World: A Visual Ethnography

Food and eating are central metaphors in all cultures. Importantly, they grace essential rituals in our lives, from birth to death. Halloween, and specifically the Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead), whose origins are traceable to Mexican society, offers us an opportunity to reflect on the ways in which humans construct world views and then naturalise them (by treating these views as if they are timeless and natural).