Newsletter - Winter 2003

Notes from Richard Wilk, Organizer of 2004 SEA Meeting

As many of you know, I will be organizing the 2004 meetings of the SEA on the theme of "Food and Food Systems." The meetings will take place in Atlanta. In the hopes of cooking up something tasty, I am ready to start gathering the ingredients now. I am hoping that we will go beyond traditional work on food and feasts, or food and nutrition, and build on the themes emerging from work on food commodity chains, food globalization and the fast food industry, the slow food movement, food globalization in antiquity and prehistory, food and local sustainability, or food and gender, to name just a few. It is not too soon to think about proposing a paper, or forming a group with other like-minded individuals to form a panel. I am open to suggestions for innovative formats, distinguished keynote speakers, and guest chefs! Chief Dishwasher, Rick Wilk.