The Affect Project: Memory, Aesthetics, and Ethics
A Taste for Feeling – The Affect Project
The Affect Project: Memory, Aesthetics, and Ethics
The Affect Project: Memory, Aesthetics, and Ethics
Call for Papers: A Taste for Feeling – February 25-26, 2016 – The University of Manitoba
This two day symposium will explore the intersection of affect and food in a cross-disciplinary dialogue. We are interested in proposals from all disciplines and presentations that include perspectives and evidence from art, literature, film, history, social sciences, medicine, agriculture, or any field that provides insight into the emotional dimensions of food, food production, food presentation, or food consumption. The Affect Project is a collaboration of researchers interested in the role of affect in culture and lived experience. Please submit abstracts (200 words or less) and brief biographies (100 words) to affectproject [at] umanitoba [dot] ca
Deadline for proposals: February 5th, 2016
Topics may include, but are not limited to:
Consumption/appetite Taste Synesthesia Guilt/pleasure Politics of food
“The foodie” Love/erotic food Surveillance/control
Gender and food Disgust Childhood/family Memory Full/empty
Health/medicine Rituals Food and oppression Spirituality
Community/belonging Performance Eating your feelings Sources of food
Exotic foods Language of recipes Food misfits Photography/art Social media
The Affect Project is supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.