DSh 2015 09 07 Trusting the hand that feeds you. Understanding
the historical evolution of trust in food.
This international conference will focus on historical issues of trust in food from antiquity until the
present. A broader interdisciplinary stance is however taken with contributions from Social Sciences
and Educational Sciences. The three day conference brings together international speakers from
many different countries.
Name(s) of the VUB organizer(s):
Filip Degreef (Research Group for Social & Cultural Food Studies (FOST))
Jon Verriet (Research Group for Social & Cultural Food Studies (FOST))
Prof. Dr. Peter Scholliers (Research Group for Social & Cultural Food Studies (FOST)
Dr. Anneke Geyzen (Research Group for Social & Cultural Food Studies (FOST)
Dr. Nelleke Teughels (Research Group for Social & Cultural Food Studies (FOST)
Prof. Dr. Patricia Van den Eeckhout (Research Group for Social & Cultural Food Studies – Department
of Political Science (FOST-POLI)
Name and affiliation of external members
Prof. Dr. Yves Segers (Interfaculty Centre for Agrarian History (CAG) and Faculty of Economics and
Business (FEB) – KU Leuven)
Prof. Dr. Unni Kjærnes (Norwegian National Institute for Consumer Research)
Relevance for the VUB PhD community
The conference is organised by VUB PhD
Candidate Filip Degreef as part of his doctoral training and research and as
a crucial experience in the academic field. PhD candidates from research
group FOST and IMDO will also contribute to the organising of the conference
and participate in the conference. Students from the VUB will also be able to
contribute and participate in the conference. We especially focus on students
from the ‘International Food History Master’ of the VUB.
Detailed format of the activity:
International Conference ‘Trusting the hand that feeds you. Understanding
the historical evolution of trust in food’ which will be held from the 7th
until the 8th of September 2015 at the Flemish interface centre for cultural
heritage (FARO). The conference will focus on historical issues of trust in
food from antiquity until the present. A broader interdisciplinary stance is
however taken with contributions from Social Sciences and Educational
Sciences. The three day conference brings together international speakers
from many different countries (including Belgium, France, Germany, The
Netherlands, The United Kingdom, Norway, Australia, The United States of
America, Singapore and Japan). Contributions were selected from a open call
for papers by the organising and scientific committees through blind peer
review (overview of the selected speakers can be found under the timing of
the activity). The interdisciplinary approach is also reflected in the
keynote speeches by Prof. Dr. Martin Breughel (History, Unité de recherché
1303 alimentation et sciences sociales) and Prof. Dr. Unni Kjærnes
(Sociology, Norwegian National Institute for Consumer Research).
Timing/planning of activity:
Monday, 7th of September 2015
15.30: Registration
16.00: Networking event conference participants
18.00: Welcoming dinner
Tuesday, 8th of September 2015
9.30: Registration
10.00: Welcome (Filip Degreef)
10.10: Introduction (Peter Scholliers)
10.30: Keynote Speech Alessandro Stanziani
11.30: Lunch
12.30: Session 1: Contamination:
- Tine Walravens: Appetite for the domestic. Food terrorism in Japan and
recalibrating risk in media.
- Catherine Salzman: The Planta Affaire.
- Carolyn Cobbold: How industrial chemicals entered the food supply in the
nineteenth century.
14.15: Coffee Break
14.30: Session 2: Fearing Health:
- Per Østby: A matter of fact? The proliferation of fat 1900-2000.
- I.L.N. (Nanouschka) Wamelink: Rejecting and donating food in the public
eye. (Dis)trust of food gifts in the Middle Ages.
15.30: Coffee Break
15.45: Session 3: System and Market Dependency:
- Nicole Tarulevicz: Food Trust in Singapore: Merchants, Trustmarks and the
Absent Producer.
- Margaret Dorey: Are you licensed?: Contesting the markets in 17th century
London.
16.45: Coffee Break
17.00: Session 4: Feeding the People in the Age of Extremes:
Government Regulated Nutrition, Public Trust, and the Two World Wars (panel
proposal)
18.00: Round up day one
Wednesday, 9th of September 2015
9.00: Keynote Speech Martin Bruegel
10.00: Coffee Break
10.15: Session 5: Alternative Networks:
- Adam Fisher: Food Reform, the Co-operative Movement and Principles of
Distributive Justice in the Mid 19th Century.
- Charlotte Biltekoff: Real Facts Vs. Real Food: Framing Contests over the
Meaning and Value of Processed Food.
11.15: Coffee Break
11.30: Session 6: Expert Knowledge:
- Tatsuya Mitsuda: Raw or fresh? Popular conceptualizations of meat,
undercooked pork, and public education in northern Germany, 1860-1880.
- Terje Finstad: At the end of the chain: Contesting food chains and
the
expertise of food safety in Norway in the 1980s.
12.30: Lunch
13.30: Session 6: Tracing the Evolution of Trust and Fear in School Food
- Marie Berthoud: The evolution of public policy in France relating to school
food.
- Susan Kovacs and Denise Orange Ravachol: Nutrition and food hygiene in
French school curricula and teaching resources: knowledge and values
youngsters can (or must) trust.
- Simona De Iulio: Food and beverage marketers at school: trustworthiness at
stake.
15.00: Coffee Break
15.15: Session 7: Selling Trust:
- Lesley Steinitz: Establishing trust through advertising: Dr. Tibbles’
Vi-Cocoa and Sanatogen
- Marc – Olivier Déplaude: The Corporate Art of Building Trust. A Case
Study about the Reputational Work of French Salt Manufacturers (1980-2013)
- Jean-Pierre Williot: La couleur des aliments, vecteur de méfiance, de
confiance et d’innovations (1870’s-1910’s).
16.45: Coffee Break
17.00: Round up Conference (Peter Scholliers)
International Conference ‘Trusting the hand that feeds you. Understanding the historical evolution of
trust in food’ which will be held from the 7th until the 8th of September 2015 at the Flemish
interface centre for cultural heritage (FARO).
Credits: 1
More information: http://trustingthehand.com/
Registration by sending an email to Filip Degreef (Research Group for Social & Cultural Food Studies
(FOST)
Email of contact person: fidegree@vub.ac.be