CALL FOR PAPERS: > > > > CONFERENCE > > > > Viands, Wines, and Spirits. Nourishment and > (In)Digestion in the Culture of > > Literacy. > > > > 22-23 September 2000, Ustro�, Poland > > > > For books are as meats and viands are, some of > good, some of evill > > substance; and yet God in that unapocryphall > vision said without exception, > > Rise, Peter, kill and eat, leaving the choice to > each mans discretion. > > Wholesome meats to a vitiated stomack differ > little or nothing from > > unwholsome; and best books to a naughty mind are > not unappliable to > > occasions of evil. Bad meats will scarce breed > good nourishment in the > > healthiest concotion; but herein the difference is > of bad books ... > > (John Milton, Areopagitica) > > > > A global Macdonaldisation seems to be an actual > rather than a virtual > > reality. The rhetoric of eating and drinking, > however, figures as a largely > > unexplored terrain in cultural and critical > studies. We invite scholars > > >from various academic disciplines to engage in > the debate on a broad > > spectrum of issues addressing possibly many > aspects of EATING and CONSUMING > > in contemporary culture. The ways food has become, > at least in some regions > > of the world, a matter of style are equally > interesting for us as the ways > > cultural products have become a matter of taste, > sources of intellectual or > > spiritual nourishment thus, for example, endowing > the spirit, the soul, at > > least with the body of a stomach which selectively > memorises what is worth > > cultural preservation in the body of knowledge and > history. We hope that > > the subject of the conference will inspire many > original, controversial, > > and diverse, though conclusive, thoughts and > arguments (not to mention > > recepies). > > > > Please send enquires and/or proposals for papers > (early submissions are > > encouraged) to: > > Professor Wojciech Kalaga: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > or > > Professor Tadeusz Rachwa": [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Deadline for submissions is 15 June 2000 ===== http://rostasi.8m.com http://www.forcedexposure.com/artists/hunt.jerry.html Syntax, like government, can only be obeyed. It is therefore of no use except when you have something particular to command such as: Go buy me a bunch of carrots. - John Cage __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
