Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva Israel, The Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences Food, Power & Meaning International Conferencein the Middle East and the Mediterranean 15 - 16 June 2010 The Department of Sociology & Anthropology The Chaim Herzog Center for Middle East Studies and Diplomacy The Centre for the Study of European Politics and Society This conference aims to explore the ways in which food and foodways partake in the production, reproduction, negotiation and subversion of power and meaning in the Middle East and Mediterranean Regions. Over 30 speakers from around the world will take part in this event and will discuss the culinary sphere as an active sphere of cultural production, will approach culinary artifacts as cultural icons and will define different aspects of identity that highlight power and power relations as tangible social forces. Keynote speakers: Prof. Carole Counihan - Millersville University: 'Food Voice, Activism, and Power in Italy’s Slow Food Movement' (16/6/2010, 16:15-17:15) Prof. Penny Van Esterik - York University: 'Nurturing Power: Food and Commensality in a Globalized World' (15/6/2010, 9:00-10:00) Prof. Daphne Barak-Erez - Tel-Aviv University : 'Symbolic Constitutionalism: On Sacred Cows and Abominable Pigs' (16/6/2010, 9:00-10:00) Sessions: The Culinary Negotiation of National Identity Representation of Food & Power in the Media and Arts Culinary Representations of Palestinian Identity in Israel Who Eats Whom? Eating Globally Feeding the Nation: State, Civil Society and Food Regulation 'Eat, Drink, Man, Woman' Eating in the Diaspora Food, Religion and Class Historical Perspectives on Food and Power Eating in Palestine during the British Mandate (1921-1948) Public Panel (16/6/2010, 18:-20): And we have falafel? Israeli chefs, food writers and critics on the issue of food and power in Israel (This panel is open to the general public and will be in Hebrew with English translation) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The conference will be held in English. Conference program will be published on the 'Chaim Herzog Center for Middle East Studies and Diplomacy' website: http://cmsprod.bgu.ac.il/Eng/humsos/centers/herzog/default.htm To attend the conference please send an e-mail to: rafig@bgu.ac.il To attend the conference please send an e-mail to: rafig@bgu.ac.il |
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