Dear all,
This is a reminder that abstracts regarding our *CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS *to
the book* Food, the Senses and the City *are due by* 31 January 2019. *
Abstract word limit: *250*.
*What is the role of the senses in the co-production of food and place? How
do situated foods evoke memories of the past or aspirations for the future?
How do sensorial aspects from community gardens, shared meals or ritual
feasts foster old or new communities? How do smells, sights, sounds and
tastes of food accompany life transitions?*
Food nourishes our bodies and minds: through sharing and shifting into
different social, physical, symbolic and sensual spaces, it creates and
maintains social relations and distinctions, embodying various social,
cultural, and moral values. Food settles in cities in novel ways: with
trends including urban gardens, health food shops and freegan movements to
street food, food trucks and food delivery. Studies of food practices and
the senses provide insights into how the city and its dwellers are being
reshaped, and demonstrate how food, memory and materiality connect past,
present, and future imaginaries. The planned book, ‘Food, the Senses and
the City’ builds on panel presentations and discussions from popular panels
at EASA and SIEF to explore the entangled relationships nested within urban
food practices through the senses. We propose a scholarly book based in the
social sciences that will explore cross-cultural understandings and
engagements with urban food practices. Recognizing that cities are dynamic
and diverse, we welcome contributions that explore how food and the senses
instil, or alternatively reject, senses of place and identity across the
changing city. We ask: What boundaries are created or dissolved through
sensing food practices? How can food provide a means for understanding 'the
other'? How are social relations and distinctions reproduced and reshaped
through newly-introduced and diverse cooking styles? In uncertain times,
what food practices stay, go, or return revised and how are these
remembered?
As co-editors, we welcome abstracts that show chapters exploring:
*A range of senses*: We welcome contributions that apply experimental
approaches in which to sense both food and place.
*A range of places*: Including urban to peri-urban, small villages and
towns, we seek contributions from all around the world.
*A range of actors and practices*: To include food practices from
production (urban gardens, foraging sites), distribution (markets, food
trucks), consumption (the shared table to specific food types) and waste
(from freegans to decomposition). Actors can include both human and
non-human entanglements.
*Would you like to contribute a chapter?*
From this initial call for contributions we will select proposals based on
the relevance, strength and depth of the topic or theme and overall fit to
the book project more broadly. *Abstract deadline: 31 January 2019.*
We expect to decide on successful contributors by end of February with
first drafts of 4,000–5,000 words due in at the end of June. Meanwhile, we
co-editors will submit a proposal to a reputable publisher such as
Bloomsbury Publications. A peer-review process will inform second draft
revisions during 2019, with final drafts due in October. We are looking for
contributions from social science researchers in any relevant disciplines
and fields such as: environmental humanities, sociology, anthropology,
geography, environmental studies, design, political ecology, and political
economy.
We encourage you to engage by email with us with any questions regarding
the formation of your abstract.
*Ferne Edwards*: [log in to unmask]
*Roos Gerritsen: *[log in to unmask]
*Grit Wesser: *[log in to unmask]
With best wishes for 2019,
Ferne, Roos and Grit
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