** apologies for crossposting ** Call for Papers: new deadline 15 June, 2013
FOODSCAPES – Access to Food, Excess of Food Castle of Seggau, Austria, 23-25 September, 2013. http://foodscapesgraz.wordpress.com/ Foodscapes is a conference that brings special attention to the contradictions inherent in contemporary practices of modern industrialized food production, circulation, and consumption. We invite you to send us papers on, but not limited to, the following topics: – Conventional and alternative food networks – Everyday practices of food provisioning, consumption and circulation – Food quality and quantity – Food waste – Food in education and the media – Food safety, policy and ethics – Regional development through production and marketing of food – Local and global food chains – Changing food geographies in recent history – Sustainability of food systems/regimes Please send your abstracts (200-300 words, your name, affiliation, e-mail address) to [email protected] by June 15, 2013 Confirmed Keynote speakers include: Julie Guthman and Melissa Caldwell (University of California, Santa Cruz); Mara Miele (Cardiff University); David Evans, (Manchester University); and Mike Goodman (King’s College, London). Foodscapes is organized by the Department of Geography and Regional Science, University of Graz, with the support of the two EU LEADER regions Vulkanland and Almenland (Styria) and in cooperation with the Agro-Food Network (http://www.ruralhistory.at/de/agro-food). The conference will take place from the 22nd to the 25th of September 2013 in the Castle of Seggau, in Southern Styria, 40 km from Graz. An excursion to the Wine Region is planned for the 22nd of September. The conference will officially open on Monday, September the 23rd. Accommodation is provided by the Castle of Seggau: http://foodscapesgraz.wordpress.com/accomodation/ To register: € 93 for 3 days or € 31 per day (covering coffee breaks, lunch, dinner) € 45 Excursion to the Wine Region in South Styria Registration information: http://foodscapesgraz.wordpress.com/registration/
