The Organising Committee is happy to present the International Conference on “Food x Language: adapting and representing food across media and genres in English and in Spanish” ("Lengua y comida: adaptaciones y representaciones de la comida a través de los medios de comunicación y de los géneros textuales en inglés y español"). The event will take place on 17th and 18th October 2024 in Ca’ Bernardo, one of the buildings hosting the Department of Linguistics and Comparative Cultural Studies at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice.
This event is hosted by the Department of Linguistics and Comparative Cultural Studies.
This event also explores topics connected to the Department’s Research Centre ICARHUS [ITA] (Innovation Center for Adaptation Research into Humanities and Literary Studies) and the Research Group on Food Studies [ITA].
Food is an important means for human societies not only because it provides nutrition but also for its socializing function. The rituals accompanying its preparation and consumption have always favoured social bonding in any kind of human civilization. However, the participants in communication about food and the ways in which this form of communication happens vary according to several factors, which include gender and age of the participants as well as their role and status in society as well as the reciprocal relations they have with the other members of a specific group. Traditionally, communication about food has happened asynchronously through printed material, however, new technologies and - in recent years - social media have introduced a new element of interaction that has changed the way in which food and foodways are narrated and constantly remediated between individuals and social groups.
The two-day conference seeks to bring together scholars who conduct their research on food-related communication. The focus of the conference is communication involving English and Spanish, either alone or in a contrastive perspective. Particularly welcome are contributions that investigate the communicative strategies and dynamics through which cultural elements connected to food-related communication in these two languages and cultures are adapted using several media and genres through which food is narrated and represented. Socio-linguistic, socio-cultural, multimodal, and linguistic approaches are especially welcome.
Therefore, we invite contributions addressing the main conference theme as well as relating to the following specific themes:
Due to numerous requests, we have extended the deadline, so the new deadline is 20th July 2024. Proposals should be sent as email attachments in .doc, .docx, or .rtf format. Abstracts should be in either English or Spanish and should be no longer than 300 words (references included). Prospective participants should also provide a short bio note (no longer than 100 words).
Emails should be sent to food.language@unive.it – object of the email: “CONFERENCE FOOD X LANGUAGE/LENGUA Y COMIDA - ABSTRACT PROPOSAL”.
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Call for papers [ESP] | 125 KB |
The conference starts on Thursday 17th October at 10:00 at ends on Friday 18th October at 17:30. A detailed academic and social programme will be uploaded here as soon as possible.
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Book of abstracts | 573 KB |
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Conference programme | 118 KB |
Please access the registration form to register for the “Food x Language” conference.
Registration opens August 22nd and closes on September 15th. For administrative reasons, no registration can be processed after this date and no on-site registration is possible on the days of the conference.
In the registration form, if you are not in possession of an Italian “Codice Fiscale” (taxpayer code), then insert 16 times X in the corresponding space. Then, in the item Provincia, please select ESTERO.
Please do not send any e-mails to the Organising Committee to inform about your registration. The registration will be processed exclusively via the online form and you will receive confirmation via the online procedure.
Registration fee: 132,00 €. Only registered participants can attend the conference.
Registration fee includes conference pack, coffee breaks, 2 buffet lunches and a 2€ tax stamp, publication expenses for accepted contributions. Social dinner is available for a limited number of participants and is not included in the conference fee. Participants can pay their bill directly at the restaurant, where they will receive their receipt for reimbursement.
Please be aware that you can cancel your attendance after you send your registration form but after you proceed with payment no reimbursement can be made.
Please be aware that – due to the peculiarity of Ca’ Foscari’s historical buildings – we can offer a limited seating capacity, so the conference can be necessarily limited to a maximum of 100 registered participants (first registered, first served basis): the administrative staff that handles the procedure for incoming payments will notify you if the maximum number of participants has already been reached.
Room technical requirements: accepted speakers will receive information and updates on the room’s technical requirements in due course via email by the organising committee.
The Conference takes place in Ca’ Bernardo - Sala B.
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