Thinking Beyond Borders: Ideas, Values and Concerns of Food in a Global World

The 2008 Canadian Association for Food Studies Conference and AGM
University of British Columbia in Vancouver on 31 May – 1 June 2008

Come to the beautiful University of British Columbia campus located on the Point Grey Peninsula and in one of the most livable cities in the world: Vancouver, British Columbia. Here, daytime temperatures in late May allow for dresses, shorts and short-sleeved shirts!

Following two successful meetings in 2006 and 2007, which demonstrated the impressive breadth and depth of research being undertaken by Canadian food scholars, the Canadian Association for Food Studies (CAFS) would like to welcome you to its third annual conference and annual general meeting. CAFS promotes critical, interdisciplinary scholarship in the broad area of food systems, including production, distribution, and consumption.

During the conference, delegates will have the opportunity to share with colleagues from across Canada the latest research, education, programs and policy development relevant to food studies. There will also be additional learning and social opportunities, including a full day of pre-conference tours and a reception following the Saturday conference sessions, hosted by UBC’s Faculty of Land and Food Systems.

Food Tours: Friday 30 May 2008

Each tour is priced at $25 and includes a light meal as well as public transportation. The tours will be coordinated so that it will be possible to attend more than one tour.

Tour 1) Food Unfair: where a city block separates two vastly different food landscapes

Friday morning
We will walk down Hastings Street into the Downtown Eastside and discuss the food access challenges faced by some of Vancouver's most vulnerable population groups. Then step into a different world. Only a block away, we find plentiful Pender Street with Chinatown and its rich selection of foods and fresh produce. How can two such distinct food landscapes exist in one neighborhood? Learn how Vancouver is using its food policy mandate, in combination with neighborhood revitalization strategies to address a range of urban challenges.

Tour 2) Growing in Vancouver: a half-day tour through a selection of the many exciting examples of urban agriculture in Metro Vancouver.

Friday afternoon
As Metro Vancouver prepares to host the 2010 winter Olympics urban agriculturalists are working hard to fulfill the motion passed by city councilors to build 2010 new community garden plots. Find out what is happening in the city: from roof top gardens, to school and community gardens. Come see the city growing!

Tour 3) The Green Table Network: Can eating out be sustainable?

Friday evening
On this tour you will be introduced to the Green Table Network and see examples of how progressive restaurants and catering companies in Vancouver are taking steps to tread more lightly on the earth. You will hear and see how participating businesses are reducing waste, increasing recycling, conserving energy and water, using local foods and adopting other eco-friendly practices. At the end of the tour a light meal will be provided by one of the participating restaurants or caterers.

To register: http://www.fedcan.ca/congress2008/registration/delegates.html (early bird deadline 31 March 2008)

For further information about CAFS, the conference, and Call for Papers, visit: http://www.foodstudies.ca

For further information about the Conference location:
- City of Vancouver: http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/
- Super, Natural British Columbia: http://www.hellobc.com/en-CA/default.htm
- UBC Campus map and driving directions: http://www.maps.ubc.ca/PROD/index.php

See you in Vancouver!

CALL FOR PAPERS (DEADLINE: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2008): THIRD ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE CANADIAN ASSOCIATION FOR FOOD STUDIES

31 MAY – 1 JUNE 2008

“THINKING BEYOND BORDERS: IDEAS, VALUES AND CONCERNS OF FOOD IN A GLOBAL WORLD”

Following two successful meetings in 2006 and 2007, which demonstrated the impressive breadth and depth of research being undertaken by Canadian Food Scholars, the Canadian Association for Food Studies (CAFS) will host its third annual general meeting at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver on 31 May – 1 June 2008. Founded in 2005, CAFS promotes critical, interdisciplinary scholarship in the broad area of food systems: production, distribution, and consumption.

CAFS recognizes the need for coordinated interdisciplinary research efforts not only in academia, but in response to societal needs for informing policy makers, assessing the outcomes of community-based work, and demonstrating the environmental and social impacts of changes affecting food systems and food policies. To encourage interdisciplinarity, and to reflect the broad range of important work happening in this field, we encourage academics and/or community members to submit proposals for either sessions or individual papers related to this year’s theme.

The 2008 CAFS conference theme, which reflects the Congress theme, is “Thinking Beyond Borders: Ideas, Values and Concerns of Food in a Global World”. We invite session proposals and individual paper proposals dealing with aspects of societal ideas, values and concerns related to food in an increasingly ‘global’ world. Submissions dealing with crossing borders, either actual or metaphorical, to create food communities are particularly welcome. However, submissions are not restricted to this theme. The conference also encourages proposals dealing with issues such as curriculum and program development and evaluation, research priorities, methodological issues, policy and funding priorities in food studies.

SESSION PROPOSALS: Please send the session title, name and organizational affiliation of the session organizer(s). Please also include the authors’ names, affiliations, and abstracts (150 words) of each paper to be included in the session. If you suggest a chair for the sessions, please include this as well. If possible, we appreciate it if submissions are in both English and French. The program committee will work with session organizers to ensure disciplinary diversity and content compatibility.

PAPER PROPOSALS: Please send a brief abstract (150 words), along with your paper title, and name(s) and affiliation(s) of the author(s). If possible, we appreciate it if submissions are in both English and French. The program committee will work to ensure disciplinary diversity and content compatibility when placing individual papers within sessions.

The deadline for proposals is: Friday, February 1, 2008

Organisers will aim to include some papers in a special issue journal or an edited collection; we will also aim to create conference proceedings. Therefore, please ensure all papers are formatted in Chicago style.

CAFS members are drawn from an array of disciplines including (but not limited to) adult education, agriculture, anthropology, economics, environmental studies, health studies, home economics, human nutrition, geography, literature, psychology, philosophy, policy studies, public health, rural studies, sociology, social work and urban planning. CAFS membership is open to academics, students, policy makers, community workers, professionals, practitioners and others interested in food studies research. CAFS encourages research that promotes local, regional, national, and global food security, but does not advocate or endorse specific policies or political platforms.

All proposals should be sent as a rich text (.rtf) or Word (.doc) document and sent to:

Patty Williams (email: Patty.Williams@msvu.ca)

Further information is available at:
Canadian Association for Food Studies: http://www.foodstudies.ca
Canadian Federation of the Humanities and Social Sciences: http://www.fedcan.ca


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Appel de communications

Troisième assemblée générale annuelle de
l’Association canadienne des études alimentaires

31 mai-1er juin 2008

« Penser sans frontières : idées, valeurs et préoccupations en alimentation
dans un contexte de mondialisation »

Suite à deux rencontres couronnées de succès en 2006 et 2007 qui ont démontré l’étendue et la profondeur des recherches entreprises par les chercheurs universitaires canadiens en alimentation, l’Association canadienne des études alimentaires tiendra sa troisième assemblée générale annuelle à University of British Columbia, Vancouver, les 31 mai et 1er juin 2008. Fondée en 2005, l'Association (CAFS) promeut des études savantes critiques et interdisciplinaires dans le vaste domaine des systèmes alimentaires que sont la production, la distribution et la consommation.

La CAFS reconnaît le besoin de coordonner ses efforts de recherche interdisciplinaire non seulement du point de vue académique, mais aussi en réponse aux besoins sociétaux afin d’informer les dirigeants politiques, d'évaluer les effets des actions communautaires, et de démontrer l’impact environnemental et social des changements affectant les systèmes alimentaires et les politiques alimentaires. Afin d’encourager l’interdisciplinarité, et refléter la gamme des travaux d’importance dans ce domaine, nous encourageons les membres de la communauté universitaire et/ou communautaire à soumettre des propositions soit de colloques scientifiques soit de communications individuelles reliées au thème de cette année.

Le thème de la conférence 2008 du CAFS, qui reflète celui de la Fédération canadienne des sciences humaines qui nous accueille, est celui-ci : « Penser sans frontières : idées, valeurs et préoccupations en alimentation dans un contexte de mondialisation ». Les colloques scientifiques, ou la présentation de communications individuelles, traitant d’idées, de valeurs et de préoccupations sociétales en lien avec l'alimentation des populations dans un contexte de plus en plus de mondialisation sont sollicités pour cette conférence. Les soumissions au carrefour de frontières (sens concret ou métaphorique), dans une optique de création de communautés bien alimentées, sont tout particulièrement bienvenues. Cependant, les soumissions ne se restreignent pas à ce thème. La conférence encourage aussi les propositions traitant de questions de développement de programmes et d’évaluation, de priorités de recherche, de questions méthodologiques, de politiques, et de priorités de financement des études alimentaires.

Proposition de colloques scientifiques : Faites nous parvenir le titre du colloque scientifique, le nom et l’affiliation des organisateurs du colloque. Aussi, inclure les noms des auteurs, les affiliations ainsi qu’un résumé (150 mots) de chacune des communications qui seront présentées au colloque. Si vous voulez suggérer un président de session pour le colloque, l’inclure aussi. Si possible, nous apprécierions que les soumissions soient présentées en français et en anglais. Le comité du programme travaillera avec les organisateurs des colloques afin de s’assurer de la diversité disciplinaire et de la compatibilité du contenu.

Proposition de communications : Veuillez envoyer un bref résumé (150 mots) avec le titre, ainsi que le(s) nom(s) et affiliation(s) de l’auteur ou des auteurs. Si possible, nous apprécierions que les soumissions soient présentées en français et en anglais. Le comité du programme travaillera ave les organisateurs pour s’assurer de la diversité disciplinaire et de la compatibilité de contenu en situant les communications individuelles dans les colloques scientifiques appropriés.

La date butoir de réception des propositions est fixée le vendredi 1er février 2008.

Les organisateurs souhaitent inclure quelques publications dans une édition spéciale d’un journal ou dans une collection éditée; nous prévoyons aussi préparer les actes de la conférence. En ce sens, nous recommandons de vous assurer que tous les écrits soient conformes au style Chicago.

Les membres de la CAFS proviennent d’une variété de disciplines incluant (mais ne s’y limitant pas) l’éducation aux adultes, l’agriculture, l’anthropologie, l’économie, les sciences environnementales, les sciences de la santé, l’économie familiale, la nutrition humaine, la géographie, la littérature, la psychologie, la philosophie, les sciences politiques, la santé publique, les études rurales, la sociologie, le travail social et l’urbanisme. Peuvent devenir membres, les étudiants, les enseignants, ceux qui rédigent des politiques, les travailleurs sociaux, les professionnels, les praticiens et autres personnes intéressés par les recherches en alimentation. La CAFS encourage la recherche qui promeut la sécurité alimentaire au niveau local, régional, national et globale, mais ne recommande pas ou n’endosse pas de politiques spécifiques ni de plate-formes politiques.

Toutes les propositions doivent être envoyées par courriel dans un document en format (.rtf) ou Word (.doc) à :

Patty Williams (email: Patty.Williams@msvu.ca)

De plus amples informations sont disponibles sur les sites Internet suivants :
Further information is available at:
Canadian Association for Food Studies: http://www.foodstudies.ca
Canadian Federation of the Humanities and Social Sciences: http://www.fedcan.ca

TSCF 2008 INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL CAPITAL CONFERENCE, "Perspectives on Social Capital and Social Inclusion"

Buggiba, Malta
19-22 September 2008

The Social Capital Foundation invites papers and proposals for the TSCF 2008 International Social Capital Conference. The call will open on 2 January 2008. All papers and proposals should be submitted by 30 July 2008. For more detailed information (including guidelines, themes, submission and registration forms) please visit:

http://www.socialcapital-foundation.org/conferences/2008/TSCF%20International%20Conference%202008.htm

To submit a paper, a roundtable or to volunteer to serve as a chair or discussant, or if you have any questions, please contact conferences@socialcapital-foundation.org.

Papers submitted and accepted before 31 January 2008 will be inserted into the programme of the conference. Proposals are reviewed within two weeks of submission.

We look forward to receiving your proposal and hope you will be able to join us in Malta in September 2008.

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The Social Capital Foundation
Mailing address: B.P. 30, 1310 Terhulpen, Belgium
Fax: +32-2-2569837
Website: http://www.socialcapital-foundation.org