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Time-zone (GMT+02:00) Pretoria

349

15:00-18:00
17:00-18:00

Online Welcome and Training Session

Live - Online Only
Moderator
Tamsyn Gilbert, Research Network Producer, Common Ground Research Networks, United States
Discover Puerto Rico’s Curated Appetites: Gastro-Gaze, Digital Colonialism, and the Invisibilization of Crisis in Puerto Rico

Mónica E. Lugo Vélez, Assistant Professor, World Languages and Cultures, North Carolina State University, North Carolina, United States

Sahar Tavakoli, Postdoctoral Researcher, Philosophy, University of Milan, Agrigento, Italy

The Unexpected Cost of College: A Case Study of the Impact of Food Insecurity on a University Campus

Laura Racovita, Professor of Social Work/ Dean, Social Work, Southern Adventist University, Tennessee, United States

09:00-09:30
Beauty and Her Feast: Domestic Expectations Impact on Women’s Experiences in Professional Kitchens

Peyton McConnell, Student, Sociology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

10:50-11:35
Room 1 - School Room
11:40-12:55
Room 1 - School Room
Indigenous Food Wisdom Guiding Food Policy in British Columbia and Beyond: Insights from NGOs

Zehra Zawawi, Student, PhD, University of Northern British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada

11:40
Neo-Colonialism - Struggles of Cultural Food Exposure : A Look into Smaller Nations

Ryan Tao, Student, BA, New York University, New York, United States

12:00
History as a Heuristic: Jane Addams and the Temporal Dimensions of Food Justice in Social Work

Carla Silva, Student, PhD, City University of New York, Graduate Center, New York, United States

12:20
12:55-13:55
13:55-15:10
Room 1 - School Room
Examining Food Insecurity between 2021 and 2024 among US College Students

Andrea M. Brace, Associate Professor, Director, Public Health, Fairleigh Dickenson University, New Jersey, United States
Sarah Napper, Auburn University at Montgomery
Diadrey-Anne Sealy, Assistant Professor, Loma Linda University
Todd Matthews, Associate Professor and Department Chair, Sociology, Criminology and Criminal Justice, Sacred Heart University, CT, United States

13:55
Restaurant Deliveries in the Time of the Pandemic: A California Case Study

Jean Daniel Saphores, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Irvine, California, United States

14:15
15:10-15:25
15:25-16:40
Room 1 - School Room
Rights Off the Table: Exploring Food Relief Governance in Australia through a Human Rights Lens

Katherine Keane, PhD Candidate, Law School, Queensland University of Technology, Australia

15:25
Foraging and Biocultural Capital: Toward Nutritional and Intergenerational Resilience in Community Food Systems

Anne C. Bellows, Professor, Nutrition and Food Studies, Syracuse University, New York, United States

15:45
Localized Food Systems, Minimal Processing, and Edible Insects: The Potential of Asian Culinary Traditions in Formulating an Alternative Food Culture Strategy for Crickets

Timothy Bernd Wallace Seekings, Postdoctoral Fellow, Research Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences, National Science and Technology Council, Taipei, Taiwan

16:05
16:45-18:15
10:30-11:45
Room 1 - School Room

Munashe Kurehwatira, Student, PhD in Rural Development, University of Venda, South Africa

10:50
11:50-12:35
12:35-13:35
13:35-14:50
14:50-15:05
15:05-16:20
19:00-20:30

Gala Dinner at Javid Art Centre

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09:15-10:15
Main Auditorium
10:15-10:30
10:30-11:45
Room 1 - School Room
Green Revolutions?: Food Politics, Energy Dependency, and Agricultural Change in Bulgaria, 1960-2025

Mary Neuburger, Professor, History, University of Texas, Texas, United States
Evan Samsky, Student, Dual-master's of Global Policy Analysis and Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, University of Texas, Texas, United States

10:30

Sujata KalKal, Student, M.Phil/PhD, Department of English and Cultural Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India

10:50
11:50-13:05
13:05-14:05
14:15-17:15

Crust and Crumb - A Cultural Journey Through Bread

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17:30-19:30

South African Braai

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