Conference Cover Art: “The Exchange” by Remelisa Culitan
In an effort to amplify work related to food, rhetoric, and writing—conference roundups will be an ongoing effort for this site. As many rhetoric and composition scholars head to #4C24 this week, here’s a round-up of food-related research being presented this year. If you are presenting on food-related work and would like to add your own presentation to this list, please contact me at kellirgill[at]gmail.com or DM on twitter @foodrhetoric.
Workshops:
"Food Security/Sovereignty As a Path toward Countering Climate Change," presented by Yavanna Brownlee, University of Northern Colorado,
(part of Conversations of Writing Abundance at Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs), Sponsored by the American Indian Caucus)
“Latinx Food Studies,” presented by Consuelo Salas, San Diego State University,
(part of Feminist Workshop: Feminist Latinx Imagination and Experience through Testimonio Sponsored by the Feminist Caucus)
Presentations & Panels:
Craftivism, Orality, and Food: Theorizing Cultural Abundance through Funds of Knowledge in Writing Classrooms, Friday, Apr 05, 2024 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM PDT.
Presentation by Matthew Louie, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Description:
The work of this panel seeks to challenge deficit thinking in writing classrooms by utilizing funds of knowledge (Moll et al., 2005) to recognize the abundance of knowledges students have. This panel will discuss how we, as three FYC instructors, employ our funds of knowledge—craftivism, orality, and food—to celebrate our cultures’ conceptions of abundance and invite students to do the same.
Forwarding Taiwanese American Identities: Narratives in Cathy Erway’s The Food of Taiwan, Frankie Gaw’s First Generation, and Win Son’s A Taiwanese American Cookbook, April 5, 9:30 am-10:45am
Presentation by Andy Cheng, University of Cincinnati (part of the panel: Analyzing Writing for Multilinguistic Justice)
Description
I analyze three Taiwanese American cookbooks through a narrative framework to demonstrate how narrative elements like stories and vignettes are used to forward Taiwanese American identities through a common, everyday medium. In doing so, I note how Taiwanese Americans disrupt the dominant European American discourse that categorizes them with Chinese Americans, thus legitimizing their identities.
Bio Designs: Cultivating Sustainable Food Systems and Classroom Design with Communities and Outdoor Spaces, April 6, 2024, 9:30-10:45am
Presentations by Andrea Willliams, University of Toronto, Veronica House, University of Denver, Kathryn Perry, Cal State LA
Description
This panel explores the rich possibilities in designing and practicing curricula that take into account the importance of our environment and its sustainability. The panel explores topics like food systems, learning with nature, and experiential outdoor learning, as well as reconciling with our climate crisis.
A Bonus!
Though not related to food specifically, this panel will be sharing a digital “cookbook” of activities for building public-facing multimodal projects in writing classrooms.
The Joy of Cooking in Public: A Cookbook of Practical, Ethical, Enjoyable, Public Ways for Undergraduates to Exhibit Their Work in Multimodal Classes, Saturday, Apr 06, 2024 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM PDT
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