CONFERENCE:  Food Matters: Arts, Activism and Research
An Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference
Friday, May 1, 2009
McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB
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As part of its Food Matters series for the 2008-09 year, the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center at UC Santa Barbara will host a graduate conference on May 1, 2009 based around the theme “Food Matters: Arts, Activism, and Research.”

At this conference, we will seek to foster dialogue between academic disciplines and the community as we analyze the role food plays in constellation with social justice, functionality, production, consumption, cultural identity, religion, literature, and art.  The day’s activities will feature academic panels, a community round table, art installations, a film screening, and both a lunch and reception featuring locally grown food.  The conference is free and open to the public—please join us!    

8:30—Registration and Light Breakfast
9—Panel 1: Food, Social Justice, and Functionality
Rebecca Ibanez Martin, “Functional Bodies, Functional Foods”
Courtney Marshall, “Cruel and Inedible”
Megan Carney, “Food Security in Santa Barbara”
10:45—Round Table with Community Speakers
12—Lunch
12:45—Panel 2: Food Production, Food Consumption, and Cultural Identity
Kevin Cody, “The Sustainable Generation of Farmers”
Rose Hayden-Smith, “Sowing the Seeds of Victory”
Hanna Garth, “The Struggle to Fill our Bellies”
2:30—Panel 3: Reading Food
Susan Cook, “Home Baked”
Xiao Che, “No Banquet Lasts Forever”
Christine Simonian, “Hostland Kitchens and Homeland Thoughts”
Ryan Boyd, “Processed Meals, Processed Nature”
4—Presentation of Artwork
4:30—“Consuming Culture,” a film by Stacie Furia
5—Reception

In order to help us reduce waste, please bring your mug for coffee or tea.

For queries about this conference, please email FoodMattersUCSB@gmail.com. 

For more information on the Food Matters series, visit: http://www.ihc.ucsb.edu/foodmatters.html.

 

 

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