Food legacies, cultural legacies in the Americas
Friday, October 3rd from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Centre des Colloques, room 3.03
Organization : Alice Béja (CERAPS, Sciences Po Lille), Dalila Lehmann Chine (Études Romanes, Université Paris Nanterre), Natalia Molinaro (Études Romanes, Université Paris Nanterre)
Speakers : Esther Katz (PALOC, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle), Aline Hémond (LESC, Université Paris Nanterre), Virginia Terry Sherman (ILCEA4, Université Grenoble Alpes), Alice Béja (CERAPS, Sciences Po Lille)
Moderator :Emmanuelle Sinardet (Études Romanes, Université Paris Nanterre)
Abstract :
The round table is in the wake of Food Studies. The aim is to anchor the discussion on heritages and cultural patrimonies in the Americas, by considering food as a constitutive element of the cultural heritage of American countries. Food will be seen as an element of identity that contributes to the (de)construction of cultural heritages in the Americas. Adopting a transdisciplinary and transnational approach, the discussion will focus on a number of themes, including
- Food heritages and the patrimonialization phenomenon: what discourses, representations and imaginaries?
- Food heritage as tradition: what sociability/ritual practices?
- Food legacies and memory: intergenerational transmission, migrations, emotions and affect, sensitivities.
- Food legacies and identity conflicts, whether individual or collective (gastro-chauvinism/nationalism), phenomena of hierarchization or domination.
- Food legacies and resistance: food as a form of cultural resistance (persistence of practices in an unfavorable context, to counter a hegemony, gain visibility, etc.).
- Food heritages: differentiated American heritages? North/South, Popular/Gentrification, etc.
