Problemizing Chinese Food Conference: Public Lectures
Wednesday, Oct 9: "The World-Shaking Power of Pigs and Pork in China" -聽Dr. Mindi Schneider
Thursday, Oct 10: "Tonic, Power and Culinary Knowledge in East Asia" -聽Dr. Chunghao Pio Kuo
The World-Shaking Power of Pigs and Pork in China
Mindi Schneider
Wednesday, October 9
7 pm Talk
Lyons Dining Hall
This lecture traces the rise of pork in China鈥檚 reform era (post-1978) as a political economic project premised on both 鈥榞lobal鈥� and 鈥榣ocal鈥� forces and relations. It provides an overview cultural histories and meanings around pigs, pork, and peasants; the role of the state and corporations in the reform era pork industry; and some of the key social and environmental implications of the pork boom.
Dr. Mindi Schneider is Assistant Professor in the Sociology of Development and Change at Wageningen University in the Netherlands. Her research focuses on the social and ecological transformations that accompany the industrialization of agro-food systems, with special attention to pigs and pork in China. She collaborates on 鈥淔eeding China: The Project on China鈥檚 Food Histories, Geographies, and Ecologies鈥� and the 鈥淐ommodity Frontiers Initiative鈥�.
Public Lecture Sponsored by the Institute for Liberal Arts, 艾可直播 College
Tonic, Power and Culinary Knowledge in East Asia
(China, Japan and Taiwan)
Chunghao Pio Kuo
Thursday, October 10
10:30 am Talk
McGuinn Hall 121
This lecture stresses four sorts of specific aquatic foodstuffs (Shad, Pufferfish, Soft-Shelled Turtle, and Milkfish) in East Asia to understand their culinary significance. The significance of Shad is closely associated with Shad tributary system and the gastronomic enjoyment in early Modern China. The examination of pufferfish in modern Japan brings students to realize the close culinary connection between traditional China and modern Japan. The discussion of soft-shelled turtle investigates four main factors鈥擳CM principles, Taiwan鈥檚 evolving turtle-breeding system, colonial Japan鈥檚 aquatic policy, and the Team Ma phenomenon鈥攕haped the significance of turtles in modern Taiwan. The discussion of milkfish explores the culinary relationship between Taiwan and the Dutch.
Dr. Chunghao Pio Kuo is an Assistant Professor at Taipei Medical University. He is a historian of modern East Asian history, specializing in food history, medical history, and animal history.
Guest Lecture Sponsored by the Institute for Liberal Arts, 艾可直播 College