Food culture has enjoyed a renaissance in recent years, moving to the forefront of many global and local cultural discourses. Among these discourses are the revival of old and/or dying culinary traditions, the promotion of exotic or underappreciated dishes, global fusion cooking, food and travel, ethical food consumption, the political and social dimensions of food […]
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Call for Submissions: Pink and Blue: The Gendered Culture of Pediatrics From its influence on everything from growth charts to vaccine recommendations, gender not only matters to pediatric practice—it serves as an organizing principle of the specialty. Gender norms frame how practitioners interpret patients’ bodies, development, and psychological well-being. At the same time, pediatric assessments
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Queers & Comics brings LGBTQ cartoonists, comics writers, and artists together with scholars and fans in order to document the history and significance of queer comics. This conference spotlights the veterans of LGBTQ cartooning in North America and internationally, with forums for working artists to share their knowledge and to discuss how to navigate the comics
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The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center’s mission is to promote innovation, creativity, and impact-oriented solutions to critical global problems. Residencies and conferences at the Center, located in northern Italy, support work in the Foundation’s key issue areas: Advance Health, Revalue Ecosystems, Secure Livelihoods, and Transform Cities. In addition, the Center welcomes proposals from all fields that
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On the Politics of Ugliness seeks to provide the first anthology that centralizes ugliness as a political category. It explores the various ways in which ugliness is deployed against those whose bodies, habits, gestures, feelings, expressions, or ways of being deviate from social norms. It argues that ugliness is political in at least two ways:
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