The modernist adage, ‘form follows function,’ implies that design is teleological, a mechanical application of obtaining an efficient result. But what is the role of imagination? This panel explores contemporary…

Science fiction, by definition, is an act of the imagination, but even the most resourceful aliens need to eat. Part of this panel investigates the futuristic foodways of these other…

Identity is a negotiation between an individual’s sense of self and the cultural milieu in which the individual is situated. This panel illustrates the tensions faced in creating one’s identity,…

Presenter: Roberta Wedge Host: Jessica Seaton A Friday pre-symposium Oxford tradition is a wiki training session with wiki editing maven Roberta Edge. Read some background information and then work directly…

This panel questions the nostalgia and mythic confidence in France’s agricultural heritage, the spiritually motivated community supported agriculture in rural New York that offers a ‘full diet’ to subscribers, and…

Is bigger better? You bet! This panel highlights the politics and meaning-making behind early American foods that were designed to prove the abundance of the fledgling new nation, from the…

The printing press economically brought literature to countless readers in the early modern world; newspapers brought cheap daily content into the public forum, while television broadcast programs into many thousands…

Prehistoric, early, and subaltern foods typically lack documentation, challenging scholars to find creative and alternative ways of understanding and reconstructing these foods and their origins. This panel demonstrates different methodologies…

The apogee of French gastronomy in the nineteenth through early twentieth centuries brought forth a cascade of culinary literature, maps promoting gastronomic tourism, and, eventually, the Michelin guide. This panel…