Alternative Realities – Live discussion with the panellists
Whether imagining dystopian worlds or creating idealized virtual spaces with a romanticized vision that challenges historical realities, these papers consider the role of the garden as a tool for self-sufficiency…
Unlikely Communities, Born from Adversity – Live discussion with the panellists
These case studies reveal how strong communities have been created through shared gardens arising in times of economic and cultural stress, whether the Covid lockdowns, migration, or challenges of scarcity.…
Stories of Resilience – Live discussion with the panellists
These case studies document resilience within food environments, whether the exploitation of abandoned farms as a counter to the industrialized food systems, regular forays into urban food forests, or the…
Even the Elite Need to Eat – Live discussion with the panellists
These papers take us on journeys through some of the world's most famous gardens, as well as lesser-known ones. All were originally designed to serve the needs and desires of…
Women as Agent, Women as Object – Live discussion with the panellists
Fertility, sin, sexualization, domesticity. . . these are just a few of the tropes associated with women and fruit. These papers approach these tropes, and more, by probing literary depictions…
Floral Cuisines: Flavor, Health, Culture – Live discussion with the panellists
The use of flowers as significant ingredients, used both for flavor and health, is especially pronounced in non-European cuisines. This panel considers the values ascribed to flowers (amongst other plants)…
Gardens: how our modification of nature expresses our evolving sense of our place in the world – Live discussion with Carolyn Steel
This leisurely Q & A is the opportunity to explore ever more deeply the ideas captured In Carolyn Steel's keynote. About Carolyn herself: she is a leading thinker on food…
Wikipedia ‘surgery’
An informal opportunity to sharpen your Wikipedia editing skills with Roberta Wedge
The Literary Aesthetics of the East: Chinese Stone Fruits and Śiva’s Garden – Live discussion with the panellists
Premodern literature in China is resplendent with lyrical descriptions of stone fruits that can serve as metaphors for politics and society. So, too, in India, where the literature garden becomes…
The Sifter: a conversation with Barbara Ketcham Wheaton, Joe Wheaton, & Catherine Saines
This informal conversation is an opportunity to learn more about The Sifter, the ingenious database that is the culmination of Barbara Ketcham Wheaton's lifelong investigations into culinary history. Some of…
‘Buzz & Bloom in the Kitchen Lab’: Growing Herbs for Bees and People – Birgitte Kampmann, Barbara Segall, Sarah Wyndham Lewis
Since 2020, Birgitte Kampmann, a professional cook based in Copenhagen and founder of the Kitchen Lab, has hosted a cadre of international Symposiasts to gather virtually over the course of…
The Cultural Politics of Preservation – Live discussion with the panellists
Folk tradition versus modern science. Working within the home versus employment outside. Thrift versus luxury. Technological innovation and the ascendency of 'expertise,' if occasionally misguided. Even the threat of sabotage…
