Conference Program

Day 1  

Venue: Escaler Hall, SEC Building

8:00 Registration

9:00 Opening Remarks

9:30-12:00 Session1: Constructing and Deconstructing Japanese Food

Katarzyna Cwiertka, Leiden University

“Foreign Food and the Making of Japanese Cuisine”

Stephanie Assman, Akita University

“Back to the Roots: Reviving Local Food Production in a Global Food Paradise”

Hendrik Meyer-Ohle, National University of

Singapore

“Fresh and Fast: Retailing Food in Contemporary Japan”

12:00-1:00 Lunch

1:00-3:00 Session 2: Japanese Food in Globalization

James Farrer, Sophia University

"Examining Japan's Culinary Soft Power Policies"

Kazuoki Ono, Agricultural Journalist

“Current Issues on Agriculture and Food in Japan”

3:00-3:45 Coffee Break

3:45-5:00 Tea Ceremony, Enshu School of Tea

 

Free reading of Japanese comic books on food at the Rizal Library Annex

5:00 Closing

Day 2  

Venue: Faura AVR, Faura Hall

8:00 Registration

9:00-10:30 Session 3: Japanese Food in Cross-Cultural Encounters

Johanna Zulueta, Hitotsubashi University

“From Beni Imo to Blue Seal: the AmericanOccupation, Identity and Food in Okinawa’s Post-War Imaginary”

Arnel Joven, University of the Philippines

“Food and Wellness under Duress: Negotiations and Adaptations in Nutrition and Health in Greater Manila during the Japanese Occupation Period”

Randy Nobleza, Marinduque State College

“Indy Test Japan: Explorations of Social and Cultural Dimensions of Soba, Sushi and Glutinous Rice in the Philippines and Japan”

10:30-10:45 Coffee Break

10:45-12:15 Session 4: Representation of Japanese Food as Identity

Mizchelle Agcaoilli, University of the Philippines

“Food, Modernity and the Japanese Identity in the J-Drama ‘Osen’: a Textual Analysis”

Francesca Ventura, Ateneo de Manila University

“Consumption and Reproduction of Regionalism in Japan: Twenty Local Flavors of Kit-Kat ‘Go-tochi Omiyage’ Series”

Tomomi Hori, Waseda University

“What is the ‘Exotic’ Food for ‘Me’?: Constructing a Procedure for Anthropological Research on Food in the Daily Life Context

Call for Papers

International Conference on Japanese Studies

Consuming Japan: Society, Politics, Economy and Japanese Food

28-29 January 2011

Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines

Although Japanese food is popular in the world today, scholarly explorations of this social and cultural phenomenon has not been established in the context of Asia. A two-day conference, organized by the Japanese Studies Program of the Ateneo de Manila University, would like to deal with this popular but not fully explored topic of Japanese food. The field of food studies is huge and there exists a wide range of approaches to the research of food.  The conference particularly focuses on empirical studies on food and society within the Social Sciences. It seeks to promote the food studies among researchers and identify the possible research agenda relevant to Japanese studies.  It also aims to to provide a lively forum for participants to meet and exchange ideas and information in an informal setting.

Topics of interest for submission include, but are not limited to:

Food in History

Cultural Ecology of Food

Politics of Food

Food and identity

Representation of Food in Media

Food Consumption Trends and Society

Food Production in the Global Economy

Food and Health

Submission

Please send an abstract (300 – 500 words) to the conference organizer:

Dr. Karl Ian Uy Cheng Chua, Co-convener, Japanese Studies Program, Ateneo de Manila University

jspadmu@gmail.com

Deadline

Submission of abstracts November 17, 2010

We will inform papers who were accepted, sometime in mid-December 2010.