Le 5,6 et 7 Juillet 2017, la Fédération de Recherche Environnement et Société (FRES) organise un Symposium International dédié à l’interdisciplinarité. Le but de ce Symposium International est d’explorer les bénéfices de l’hybridation des connaissances à travers des recherches inter et transdisciplinaires. François Casabianca (INRA) et Caroline Tafani (Université de Corse ) ont proposé un track intitulé : Connecting food to place. https://interdisciplinary-symposium.universita.corsica/article.php?id_art=464&id_rub=319 Si vous souhaitez participer à cet événement, merci de envoyer votre abstract à l’adresse suivante: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. en précisant le track auquel vous contribuez.
La date limite pour soumettre un abstract est le 28 Octobre 2016.

The European Research Group SYAL, the REDSIAL (Latin American Network on Localised Agri-food Systems) the Nordic Association of Agricultural Scientist NJF, and Södertörn University welcomes you to the 7th conference on localized agri-food systems. The conference will be organized by Södertörn University, NJF, ERG SYAL and REDSIAL, and held in Stockholm the 8-10 of May 2016.

During the last decades, Localized agri-food systems (SYAL) have become increasingly important as tools for farmers, rural firms and consumers to meet market challenges and satisfy the rising demand for “food with a farmers face”. The potential contribution of localized agri-food systems to rural development by promoting economic development, social cohesion and counter-acting the demographic impact of agricultural modernization has also increased their political relevance. Previous research has addressed various aspects of the relationship between SYAL and geographical indications, as well as territorial, organizational and cultural issues, but there are still many unanswered questions and theoretical gaps to fill.

We welcome all topics related to the new rurality and localized agri-food systems.

The conference is conducted with financial and academic sponsorship from the Center for Baltic and Eastern European Studies CBEES, ENTER forum and Södertörn University.

All information about objectives, content and practical issues are available here

Draft Programm coming soon, based on intentions of contributions, which are very welcome until Sept. 15. A few lines about what experience and research results you wish share with the audience are very welcome.

The call for papers is open ! (see attached)
One of the working groups is about the topic "Is the protection of geographical indications an effective tool for fostering rural development?" and is endorsed by SYAL.

En la Federación Española de Sociología hay un grupo de trabajo permanente dedicado a la alimentación: Grupo 28: sociología de la alimentación. Desde dicho grupo se anima a la participación en este congreso a aquellos investigadores interesados en temas vinculados a la alimentación.

Fecha máxima envio de abstracts: 20 de diciembre

W8. Local Food Products and Conflicts Around Quality Construction

In a period of globalization, consumers’ concerns have been growing and many initiatives for promoting sustainable and localised food systems have emerged. These initiatives, occurring all over the world, advocate the importance of linking territory, culture and food, and of promoting food quality and sustainable consumption. In this context, quality construction processes became important: they not only create opportunities for interaction among producers, consumers and others food chain actors, but also pave the way for debate, conflict and negotiation. For instance, a debate about quality itself leads to a discussion of traditional food practices, the relationship between quality and territorial identity, current and alternative certification frameworks and procedures, and the impact of the search for food quality practices on rural development. The session invites papers at both the theoretical (theories and concepts for analysing localised food systems and conflicts over quality construction) and practical level (case studies exploring approaches in different socio-cultural, economic and institutional contexts). In particular, papers with an interdisciplinary perspective and looking at European and Latin American countries are welcome.