Agenda

28 Nov 2024 10:00

Buddhist Foodways: Vegetarianism, Ritual Economies and Gastropolitics

Sala A, Palazzo Vendramin Dei Carmini - Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

Buddhist Foodways: Vegetarianism, Ritual Economies and Gastropolitics
November 28-29, 2024

November 28
10.00 am
Welcome Greetings

10.30 am - 12.30 pm
Vegetarianism

Sara Swenson (Dartmouth College), Praying for Parasites: Hermeneutics of Vegetarianism in Contemporary Vietnamese Buddhism
Amalia Rossi (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice), A Perfect Storm for Veganism: the Role of Buddhism in Contemporary Thai Foodscapes
Francesca Tarocco (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice), The Aura of Abstinence: Vegetarianism and Ethical Foodscapes in Modern China

2.00 pm- 400 pm
Ritual Economies

Patrice Ladwig (Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity), Feeding the Nagas of the Mekong. Offering Baskets and Ritual Practices in Luang Prabang, Laos
Rita Langer (University of Bristol), “Who is Cooking? Food Makers in Sri Lankan Buddhism”
Paulina Kolata (University of Copenhagen), Temporalities of Food Rot, Loss, and Reuse in Japanese Buddhist Temples

November 29
10.00 am - 11.30 am
Gastropolitics

Felice Farina (University of Naples L’Orientale) and Chiara Ghidini (University of Naples L’Orientale), Shintō, Buddhism, and Gastropolitics: The Interplay of Religion and Heritage in Japan’s Washoku and Agricultural Systems
Erica Baffelli (The University of Manchester), Feeding Marginalities: Food, Buddhism, and Minorities

Final Comments
Edoardo Siani (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)

Language

The event will be held in English

Organized by

Department of Asian and North African Studies (Francesca Tarocco); NICHE

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