Neil Kodesh wrote:
> I am writing to introduce you to Food: Nature and Culture, a Social
Research conference which is to take place at the New School from
November 5-7, 1998. Our URL is
http://www.newschool.edu/centers/socres/food
> I have pasted some information about the conference below.
> Neil Kodesh
> kodeshn@newschool.edu
>
>
> Food: Nature and Culture
> A Social Research Conference at the New School for Social Research
> November 5-7, 1998
>
> What we eat; the ceremonies surrounding it; how food marks our sameness
and differences; its mythic and symbolic importance; the joy of plenty;
the fear of famine and deprivationŻall are occasions for reflections on
the human condition. How do we understand the prevalence of hunger in a
world of abundance? What roles do culturally determined food preferences
or power or science play? This conference brings together scholars and
scientists as well as policy makers in a forum linking discourse about
hunger, diet and food security with the history, culture and political
economy of food in an effort to elicit new perspectives on the significant
problems created by scarcity and abundance.
>
> Conference Agenda
> Session 1 Everyday Life: Ordinary pleasures, rituals and taboos
> Session 2 Case Histories: Ways in which foods have emerged, migrated,
and been assimilated
> Session 3 Keynote Addresses
>
> Sustainable Agriculture
> Ismail Serageldin, Vice President, Environmentally and Socially
Sustainable Agriculture Development, The World Bank; Chairman,
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
> Food and Culture
> Margaret Visser, former Professor, York Univ.,
Toronto; author The Way We Are (1997) and Much Depends on Dinner (1989) -
winner of 1990 Glenfiddich Award for Food Book of the Year
> Session 4 Food as Symbol: In religion, myth and magic and as a marker of
identity
> Session 5 Food in Art/ Food as Art: Food is both an object of art and a
medium for artistic expression
> Session 6 Abundance and Scarcity: Access to food is far from equal
Session 7 The Future: Prospects for the global availability of food and
ways to increase it
>
> Information
>
> This conference is organized by Arien Mack, editor of Social Research.
>
> All conference sessions will be held in the Tishman Auditorium of The
New School, 66 West 12th Street, New York City. Most collaborative events
will be held at the sponsoring institutions. Please check with each
institution for details.
> Ticket Prices: Regular registration: $100; Early registration (by
09/08/98): $70; Full-Time Students: free.
> For more information, please call (212) 229-2488 or e-mail
socres@newschool.edu
Further details available on our website at
http://www.newschool.edu/centers/socres/food
>
> Collaborative Programs >
> A series of additional programs, exhibits,
lectures, discussions, and walking tours will be held at:
Academy of American Poets, American Craft Museum, Asia Society,
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, James Beard Foundation, The Jewish
Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of African Art, El Museo Del
Barrio , The New School, The New York Academy of Medicine, New-York
Historical Society.
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