[Community_garden] REMINDER: Critical spaces of food: Theory and Practice Workshop (Kingston, ON, Canada)

[Moonshae]

Critical spaces of food: Theory and Practice Workshop [There are only  
a few spaces left!]

I humbly ask that you "forward" this to any interested parties.

For information on the speakers from Canada and the UK.  [http:// 
geog.queensu.ca/CSFW/index.asp]

Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario
March 2-3, 2007

The GOAL:  The purpose of the workshop is to explore the current  
theory and practice with regards to food systems.  We're trying to  
take a step back and assess how the practical and theoretical,  
potential and actual are linked through the lens of food with regards  
to various sustainability dimensions (social, ecological, economic,  
moral and more).  The aim is to think critically about food phenomena  
both past and present and find new alternatives, solutions at a range  
of scales.  We are blessed to have five noted experts to address  
these critical issues: Drs. Harriet Friedmann, Mustafa Koc, Roger  
Kiel, Kevin Morgan and Wayne Roberts (please refer to their attached  
bios for details about their areas of expertise on the website).  
Presented papers will explore the larger concepts in social theory  
such as the moral economy and food security, urban political ecology,  
governance, the politics of consumption, materiality, power, equity,  
urbanism, polyculturalism, the role of agency and/or sustainability  
within the context of current food systems research.

THE SETUP:  Each speaker will have 20 minutes to present a think- 
piece on what they perceive to be the most exciting and pressing  
issues of the day for food systems theory and practice. Each  
presentation will be followed by a brief commentary from a discussant  
and then a thirty minute open discussion about the issues raised by  
the paper. We have set aside 1 hour for each paper.  As part of the  
workshop, we are compiling a reader of seminal and recent papers on  
food issues based on the recommendations from our invited speakers.  
The reader will be available to participants in advance as a learning  
tool and to provoke relevant discussion throughout the workshop.

If you require more information feel free to contact Dr. Blay-Palmer  
[palmera at post.queensu.ca] or myself.

May the tree of life thrive,
Sunny Lam

You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him to find it  
within himself.  (Galileo)

Graduate Student
Masters of Environmental Studies
School of Environmental Studies
Biosciences Complex Rm 2112b
Queen's University
Kingston, ON   K7L 3N6
Canada
Phone:  +1 613 531-0260
Office Phone:  +1 613 533 6000 ext. 78576
Email:  0sol at qlink.queensu.ca, sunny.lam at gmail.com




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