The Food and Art Alternative MA is a 2-year course focusing on food practices as political subjects in contemporary art and culture. We navigate the intersection of food histories, socially engaged art, political discourse and ecological understandings to critically explore contemporary tensions and possibilities through food. Departing from the lens of food, participants are encouraged to challenge inherited assumptions and biases by questioning the structures of power which control its production and distribution. In parallel, the course motivates speculation and alternative world-building through an artistic and research-based framework. Rooted in The Gramounce’s commitment to critical pedagogy, the altMA promotes peer-to-peer learning and interdisciplinary collaboration. The programme cultivates an educational space that resists hierarchical transmission in favour of shared inquiry, therefore aiming to decolonise both the curriculum and the applied learning and unlearning methodologies. Drawing from artistic and curatorial practices, gender studies, ecological thinking and a decolonial approach, the altMA aims to create a web of interconnected practices that allow for a plurality of voices, methodologies, and inquiries. The programme supports participants in mapping politically engaged food practices while developing their own situated methodologies. The programme combines in-house teaching that addresses foundational aspects of food and art, guest lectures from some of the most prominent minds in the field, residencies in collaboration with cutting-edge institutions, group discussions, one-to-one tutorials, and opportunities for public engagement. Participants have joined from over 50 countries, with diverse professional backgrounds (visual arts, anthropology, activism, cooking, farming, architecture, writing, among others), ages, and career stages. Some of our collaborators and speakers include ruangrupa, Yasmine Osendorf-Rodriguez, colectivo amasijo, Cooking Sections, Mediamatic, Delfina Foundation, Báyò Akómoláfé, Rain Wu, and Hicham Khalidi.