Call for Papers

The approach may be based on broad and/or interdisciplinary analysis. Alternatively, it may favour a vertical and/or disciplinary treatment of the themes below for each thematic axis:

1) Everyday Tables:

1. Times and places of everyday meals - contingencies and challenges.
2. Sociabilities of the quotidian table - historical patterns and sociological approaches.
3. Having something to eat - the daily table and the production/distribution of food and meals.
4. Staying healthy - food choices and pedagogy.
5. Everyday gastronomy - key figures, cultural variants, fashion.

2) Festive Tables:

1. Festivities and the calendar - cyclical community celebrations.
2. Dedicated fairs and festivals - economic and touristic opportunities.
3. Family celebrations - yesterday and today, characteristics and standards of comparison.
4. Festivities for the elite and popular festivities.
5. Banquets and political celebrations - power aesthetics.

Papers should not exceed 20 minutes and may be presented in Portuguese, English, Spanish, and French.