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Food and Sustainability Studies Conference

This fifth edition of the biennial Perugia Food & Sustainability Studies Conference has unfortunately been postponed due to Covid-19. An announcement about the next edition will be made as soon as possible. 

Program and Information

Exploring Ethics through Food Choices

The Umbra Institute in Perugia, Italy - June 2018

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Representing Italy Through Food

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Food Movements / Moving Food

This fifth edition of the biennial Perugia Food & Sustainability Studies Conference has unfortunately been postponed due to Covid-19. An announcement about the next edition will be made as soon as possible. 

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Keynote Speakers

Cristina Grasseni

Cristina Grasseni

Researcher at Bergamo University, Professor at Universiteit Leiden

 

 

 

Call for Papers

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Food Movements / Moving Food
Food & Sustainability Conference Perugia
The Center for Food & Sustainability Studies at The Umbra Institute
Perugia, Italy—June 11-14, 2020
Keynote Speaker: Prof. Cristina Grasseni, Universiteit Leiden

Call for Papers

People, food and agricultural products are in constant movement, affecting landscapes, material practices, and cultural representations. This conference aims to address what happens when people and food products move through regional, national, and international networks. What are the effects of these movements on local, regional, national, and international communities and cultures? What additional actions and reactions do they precipitate?

In posing these questions, the conference seeks to understand continuities/discontinuities in current and past long-distance food exchanges, the relationships between “authentic” and diasporic foodways, the forced movement of agricultural workers and their crops in the face of global climate change, and the impact of economic and social disparities on current and future food movements.

The conference will explore how food practices and representations can be better understood when viewed through the lens of movement, including consideration of those who promote it and those who resist it. It will look at contemporary and historical issues surrounding food, people and movement (or lack thereof), including but not limited to the following topics:

  • Food tourism
  • Food and migration
  • Social movements
  • Climate change and food movements
  • Populism and Gastronationalism
  • Relocalization
  • Biodiversity
  • Food and Emotions: being “moved” by food
  • Mapping Food: Stasis and Movement
  • Archival Silences
  • Socio-economic drivers of movement (e.g. gentrification)

We welcome papers and panels that focus on different historical and geographical settings. We are also interested in papers on teaching food, best practices in pedagogy, and integrating experiential learning and community-engaged projects into food studies courses.

We are soliciting individual papers, full panels, and roundtables. If you’re a junior scholar and need help with your abstract, contact the conference organizers at [email protected].

For individual papers please submit the following through the form below:

  • an abstract, with title, in English of no more than 250 words that summarizes the focus and content of the paper;
  • three to five keywords;
  • contact information and a brief academic bio of no more than 100 words.

For panel presentations (3-4 papers) please submit the following through the form below:

  • an abstract, with title, in English of no more than 250 words that summarizes the overall focus of the panel;
  • an abstract, with title, in English of no more than 250 words that summarizes the focus and content of each paper;
  • three to five keywords for the panel;
  • contact information and brief academic bios of no more than 100 words for all panel participants.

 

CALL FOR PAPERS SUBMISSION FORM

Please use SUBMISSION FORM  [https://forms.gle/DZ5Eqe5uGZgyJD8H6] to submit your proposal by November 30, 2019.

Notifications of acceptance status will be made by January 20, 2020.

 

Organization

HOST AND SPONSOR

THE UMBRA INSTITUTE

Umbra was founded in 1999 in cooperation with Arcadia University and offers semester, summer, and year-long study abroad programs for American and local Italian and international college students. Umbra is recognized by the Ministry of Education in Italy, a member of AACUPI (the American Association of College and University Programs in Italy), and accredited by the Middle States Association of Schools and Colleges. The Umbra Institute an approved provider of credit-bearing (tirocinio) courses for the University of Perugia (Università degli Studi di Perugia) and the University for Foreigners (Universitá per Stranieri di Perugia).

Since its inception, Umbra Institute has grown steadily and developed a well-respected reputation as a provider of consistently high-quality academic programs, becoming an innovative leader in experiential academic programs in Italy. To learn more visit our main website at www.umbra.org or contact the Institute at [email protected]

 

Past Conferences

Past Conferences

PERSPECTIVES ON FOOD AND LANDSCAPES
PERSPECTIVES ON FOOD AND LANDSCAPES

June 9-12, 2016
Keynote speakers included Alice Julier (Chatham University), Molly Anderson (Middlebury College), and Simone Cinotto (University of Gastronomic Sciences).

Summary:
Geographer Denis Cosgrove, arguing that landscape is an ideological concept, says that “it represents a way in which certain classes of people have signified themselves and their world through their imagined relationship with nature […]”. This conference focuses on how cultural and social processes contribute to the creation of landscapes and their perception, and examines the relationship between food and landscapes. How have different groups shaped landscapes through food production and consumption? How have people altered urban areas with their food-related activities? Which rules have been designed to protect and enhance landscapes linked to specific foods and cultural heritages?

The following are the major areas of reflection considered:
1) Landscape as heritage: local knowledge and food productions;
2) Creating landscapes through fiction;
3) Landscapes and communities: social movements for food and the environment;
4) Water shaping landscapes: water management for food production, livelihoods and fisheries;
5) Food in endangered landscapes;
6) Tourism, food and landscapes;
7) Urban landscapes and food distribution.

OF PLACES AND TASTES: TERRIOR, LOCALITY & THE NEGOTIATION OF GASTRO-CULTURAL BOUNDRIES
OF PLACES AND TASTES: TERRIOR, LOCALITY & THE NEGOTIATION OF GASTRO-CULTURAL BOUNDRIES

June 5-8, 2014
Keynote speakers includeD Rachel Black (Boston University), Kolleen Guy (University of Texas at San Antonio), and Amy Trubek (University of Vermont).

Summary:
This conference explored the multifaceted connections between a place and its food, as it is represented, produced or consumed in relation to the identity of people and the spaces they inhabit. One of the debated outcomes of globalization is the increasing importance of locally recognizable food production, and the promotion of the cultural values connected to
it. Particularly in the last decades the European Union has increasingly devoted relevant political and economic efforts in defining an articulated system of certification to promote and protect local products and specialties (pdo, pgi, tsg).

On a less institutional level, independent associations, such as Slow Food and volunteer groups or committees linked to particular places or productions, are striving to define and defend typical and traditional food as key elements in the construction
of niche markets and in the representation of cultural specificities. From the original French concept of terroir, through other local designations (i.e. the Italian prodotto tipico, the German regionaltypische Spezialität etc.), the underlying connection between locality and quality of food has triggered debates on economic development, sustainability and redefinition of cultural belongings.
We encouraged those interested in participating in the conference to submit an abstract for consideration. Topics included:
• Terroir and locality in food products around the world.
• The concept of “one’s own food” versus that of “others” to reinforce or challenge individual and collective identity.
• Terroir as a way of social distinction à la Bourdieu.
• The formalization of “localness”, how it is negotiated through laws, regulation and procedural guidelines, and the conflicts
that arise through this process.
• The role of journalism, mass-media, cinema and literature in the representation of local food practices and regional,
national and transnational identities.
• Promotion of local food and culinary practices in the tourism industry.
• The relation between local food and agricultural policies, transnational markets and industrial strategies.
• The link between local food, socio-political and environmental movements.

ITALIAN FOOD: FACT OR FICTION
ITALIAN FOOD: FACT OR FICTION

June 8-9, 2012
Keynote speakers will included Massimo Montanari, John Dickie, Allen Grieco, and Carol Helstosky.

Summary:
In this the one hundred and fiftieth year of Italian unification, there has been much discussion of seemingly contradictory trends: the past (and present) need for unification beyond simply the political, the promotion of regional differences, and the simultaneous encouragement of both immigration and emigration. Key to much of this discussion is the question of identity, one powerful example of which is expressed through food. The election sign from the separatist Northern League which reads, “More Polenta, Less Cous-Cous,” shows that food is often more than just a meal: it functions as a symbol with multiple semantic layers.

This conference aims to use food as a point of entry for analyzing the last 150 years of Italian history and cultural identity. Tradition, especially in food, is often used to define cultural identity and, yet, is itself often recently created. How, then, can tradition, or the invention thereof, help or hinder processes of cultural and political integration?

Organizing Committee

Chris Fink, Ph.D.
Chris Fink, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Health and Human Kinetics (Ohio Wesleyan University)
[email protected]
Elgin Eckert, Ph.D.
Elgin Eckert, Ph.D.
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE CO-CHAIR Professor of Italian Stduies and Director of Academic Affairs
[email protected]
Elisa Ascione, Ph.D.
Elisa Ascione, Ph.D.
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE CO-CHAIR Professor of Anthropology and Coordinator of the Food & Sustainability Studies Program
[email protected]
Zachary Nowak, ABD
Zachary Nowak, Ph.D.
Advisory Board Chair, Center for Food & Sustainability Studies
[email protected]
Brooke Porter, Ph.D
Brooke Porter, Ph.D
Scientific Advisor, Coral Triangle Conservancy & Adjunct Professor, Umbra Institute
[email protected]
Olivier de Maret, Ph.D.
Olivier de Maret, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor for Food Studies
[email protected]
Manuel Barbato, MA
Food & Sustainability Studies Program Assistant
[email protected]
Jacopo Bernardini, Ph.D.
Assistant to the Academic Director
[email protected]

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Location

Biennial Perugia Food Conference
The Umbra Institute
Piazza IV Novembre 23, Perugia, Italy 06122
Web: www.umbra.org
Email: [email protected]

 

 

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Program and Information

Registration will open after acceptances are sent in January 2020. Conference fees are €95 for professors and €65 euros for graduate students and independent scholars.

Optional Conference Events:
– Gala Dinner (price TBA)
– Informal Pizza Night (price TBA)
– Sunday informal event (price TBA)

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  • Optional Conference Social Events
    Thank you for your interest in the Food & Sustainability Conference at the Umbra Institute in Perugia, Italy. Your registration is nearly complete, we just ask that you let us know which of the following optional conference social events you would like to sign up for.
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    Note: The Sunday cooking class in Assisi requires a minimum of 8 and maximum of 16 participants. The cost includes private transportation, a morning cooking class, and lunch at Madonna del Piatto, an Umbrian agriturismo.

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