Know Thyself:  Food and the Human Condition

Program

Last Update:  4/1/02 1:00 PM

Friday, April 5 (private day – for participants and invited guests)

8:00
Breakfast in Philosophy Department

8:45 – Philosophy Department
Opening Remarks
            -Me
            -Lynn

9:00 – Philosophy Department
S.K. Wertz
            “Maize: The Native North American’s Legacy of Cultural Diveristy and Biodiversity”

10:30 – Philosophy Department
Fabio Parasecoli
            “Hungry Engrams:  Food and Non-Representational Memory”

12:00
Lunch at Chocolate Giraffe

2:00 – Enology Lab

Raymond Boisvert

            “The Parasite as Fundamental Ontological Category: a Commentary on Michel Serres’ Le             Parasite"

4:00 – Enology Lab
Wine & Cheese Tasting

6:30
Dinner at MUW Culilnary Institute (limited to 25 people…speakers and invited guests)
            -maybe presentation by Sarah

Saturday, April 6  (open to the public)

Breakfast on own

9:00 – Tully Auditorium
Jeremy Iggers
            “Gastroporn and the Erotics of Branding”

10:30 – Tully Auditorium
Marti Crouch
            “Golden Rice to the Rescue:  Genetic Engineering and the Future of Food”

12:00
Lunch on own
            -suggestion list for restaurants
            -executive committee meeting and lunch at Blue Chef

2:00 – Tully Auditorium -- Keynote Address
Lisa Heldke
            “The (Extensive) Pleasures of Eating”

3:30 – Tully Auditorium
Closing Remarks
General Meeting for Conference Feedback and Suggestions

Dinner on Own
            -suggestion list for restaurants