Shingo Hamada, Richard Wilk, Amanda Logan, Sara Minard, Amy Trubek
FOOD CULTURE & SOCIETY 18(1) 167-186 2015年3月 査読有り筆頭著者責任著者
The use of food as a core mode of exploring and explaining the world has expanded remarkably quickly in the past ten years, with food studies programming in particular gaining ground in institutional learning arrangements during the last three. Establishing a new field and creating relevant educational programming carries its associated struggles, practicalities and initial successes. To this end, this report highlights five of the most pressing themes to emerge from the 2013 "Future of Food Studies" interdisciplinary workshop, namely: (1) locating food studies in the institutional culture; (2) training undergraduate and graduate students within and beyond disciplinarily; (3) establishing food studies labs and pedagogy; (4) engaging the public beyond the campus; and (5) funding strategies for research and training. Participants agreed on the relevancy of food studies to future learning, teaching and research agendas and argued that food studies could not prosper without a commitment to transgressing conventional institutional and philosophical boundaries. At a time when the value of higher education is under intense scrutiny we acknowledge the need to make food studies a paradigm capable of providing students with the necessary skills for post-graduate employment.