At the Edge: Exploring the Boundaries of Food Studies

CALL FOR PAPERS
Eighth Annual Assembly of the
Canadian Association for Food Studies

At the Edge: Exploring the Boundaries of Food Studies
http://cafs.landfood.ubc.ca/en/

The 2013 CAFS conference theme, which reflects the Congress theme, is “At the
Edge: Exploring the Boundaries of Food Studies.” Our subject matter involves
the bridging of many disciplines, ideas, places, and people. “At the edge” represents
our individual and collective exploration of these boundaries—of disciplines,
methods, forms of collaboration—and our sense of the need to embrace
the periphery. The theme of “at the edge” encourages us to reflect on the realities
of social inequality and how we can aim for greater inclusivity by bringing more
marginalized voices to the centre of food studies. This relates to how we position
food studies at larger scales—in broader social, academic, and policy debates—and
how food may engage diverse actors, voices, and perspectives.
We invite submissions that deal with these “at the edge” questions within (but
not limited to) food production, consumption and renewal, regional and local
foodscapes, relationships between urban practices and rural environments, as well
as investigations from community development to interdisciplinary education to
crossings of art, technology, and food.
We also encourage proposals dealing with the following ongoing CAFS interests
as they relate to interdisciplinary aspects of food or food studies:
–– program or project evaluation
–– research or funding directions
–– research methodology and practice
–– politics and policy
–– the political economy of food and agriculture
–– ecological food and agriculture environments
–– the sociology and culture of consumption
–– activism, art and media
–– gender, ethnicity/race, class and justice
–– food insecurity and hunger
–– sustainability
–– food culture or history