Eighth International Conference on Food Studies
- 2018 Special Focus: Digital Food Cultures
- 25–26 October 2018
- University of British Columbia - Robson Square, Vancouver, Canada
Days of paper presentations, workshops/interactive sessions, posters, and colloquia.
Delegates from all over the world who attended the Eighth International Conference on Food Studies.
Countries represented.
Visual representations of food have become a central theme in digital social media. These representations are not simply literal, displaying what we eat: they also capture who we aspire to be in our social lives and our corporeal being. What do these representations tell us about the location of food in the broader social, economic, and political vectors of life in a digital age?
The Eighth International Conference on Food Studies featured plenary sessions by some of the world’s leading thinkers and innovators in the field.
Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Marymount Manhattan College, New York City, USA
"Nostalgia, Privilege and Resistance: Hipster Food in Digital Culture"
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada
"Why Food Blogs Aren't About Food"
For each conference, a small number of Emerging Scholar Awards are given to outstanding graduate students and emerging scholars who have an active academic interest in the conference area. The Award, with its accompanying responsibilities provides a strong professional development opportunity for early career academics. The 2018 Emerging Scholar Awardees are listed below.
Tarlac State University, Philippines
Food and Nutrition Research Institute, Philippines
Monmouth College, USA
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA
University of California, Davis, United States
University of Califoria, San Diego, United States
California State University, Northridge, United States
Southern Cross University, Australia
Virtual Posters present preliminary results of work or projects that lend themselves to visual representations. Download the posters below.
Lightning Talks are 5-minute "flash" video presentations. Click the button below to view the videos on our YouTube channel.