CONFERENCE
RACE AND FOOD
January 31 - February 2, 2008
SCHEDULE:
Friday conference: 9am - 5pm
Saturday conference: 9am - 5pm
ABSTRACTS:
Priscilla McCutcheon, "The Nation of Islam, Food Politics, and the Black Counterpublic"
Mario Sifuentez, Conference Paper
Omar Tesdell, "Fruit and Olives in Much Greater Plenty: Agriculture and Modernity in the Jordan Valley"
Teresa Mares, “Rethinking Agency In The Margins: The Political Economy Of Food Security In Latino Immigrant Households”
Jessica Hayes-Conroy, "It's Not Just About the Collard Greens: Playin' with Race in the (Edible) Schoolyard"
Chandra Hinton, “It Takes a Village to Raise a Crop: Communal Success for Farmers of Color"
Kyla Wazana Tompkins, “She Made the Table A Snare To Them”:
Domesticity, Diet, and the Nation in the Writings of Sylvester Graham
Steven Garrett, "Skyway or the Highway: African-American Perspectives on Supermarket Access in an Inner-ring Suburb"
DISCUSSANTS:
Julie Guthman
Melanie DuPuis
Melissa Caldwell
Marcia Ochoa
Gabriela Sandoval
Patricia Allen
LOCATION: UC Santa Cruz, Oakes College, Mural Room. Directions and maps may be viewed here
