Jewish Studies Program and the Department of Sociology UC Davis Present the
Academic Conference:
*Eating for Change: *
*Global and Local Perspectives on Food and Transformation *
*Wednesday, May 16 2018 | SS&H 273 *
*University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA*
*Call for Papers: *
Transformation is inherent in food as a material substance. Wheat, for
instance, is transformed into flour and flour into bread, a process that is
environmental, social, cultural, technological and political in essence.
Likewise, food systems and eating habits have always been subject to
transformation and change. In contemporary Western societies, processes
such as the globalization of food production and the industrialization of
agriculture significantly change both local and global food systems.
However, social movements that encompass political, economic and cultural
resistance to these changes and the inequities they incur emerge as a
substantive force for transformative change.
This one-day conference will tackle the notions of *change and
transformation* underpinning contemporary and historical processes of food
production, consumption and distribution. We wish to bring together
scholars to focus on the social dynamics driving changes in food movements,
food cultures and food systems.
We ask what are the epistemological and the ontological presuppositions
that underlie changes in food systems and food cultures? In what ways do
food and foodways partake in social change? How are new culinary trends
affected by contemporary cultural, economic, technological and
political processes?
What is the role of food in struggles for social justice and equity? How
are interactions between states, markets, social movements and individuals
shaping and re-shaping cultural, moral and political frameworks guiding
food practices today?
Food Studies scholars - including graduate students - from Sociology,
Anthropology, Geography, CRD, STS, Environmental Studies, Human Ecology,
History, Cultural Studies, Food Science and Technology, International
Agricultural Development or any related field, are invited to email Rafi
Grosglik ([log in to unmask]) with a paper proposal (abstract, 250-500
words). In order to encourage a comparative perspective, papers can focus
on either the Global North or the Global South. Paper proposals are due
Friday, December 29.
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Rafi Grosglik, Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor, Israel Institute Teaching Fellow
The Department of Sociology
The Jewish Studies Program
University of California, Davis
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Rafi Grosglik, Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor, Israel Institute Teaching Fellow
The Department of Sociology
The Jewish Studies Program
University of California, Davis
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