Food, memory and cultural heritage | Summer School, Tours (F) | FARO. Vlaams steunpunt voor cultureel erfgoed vzw

The IEHCA/François-Rabelais Summer School is developing in European, and even worldwide, importance in terms of the presentation of scientific and academic research. For the September 2010 (August 29th - September 5th) Summer School, the scientific coordinators have chosen to examine the key: 'Food, memory and cultural heritage'. Memory, that is to say the way in which an individual or a collectivity construct their past in remembering it, is a crucial factor for researching the history and the culture of food. Surprisingly enough, memory has not systematically been put into proper perspective or, for that matter, been sufficiently explored, even though the interdisciplinary and international studies on this subject ('memory studies') have recently had a particularly active development. In cultural politics, particularly that of the intangible cultural heritage (thanks to UNESCO), rapid and fundamental developments have taken place, among others, in the domain of culinary cultures. The goal of the ECU is to adress these theories, debates and methods and try to extract the kinds of questions and principles that are most pertinent for the work of historians, social scientists and yet other approaches to the subject food. The goal is to stimulate a lively dialogue between the different disciplines that will be represented.

Aimed at: European and international students of Masters or Doctoral degree level.
Course languages: French and English. Fluency in these two languages is essential.

Applications to attend the course must be sent before 15 May 2010. The list of the selected students will be published in early June

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