CfP: special issue of the Journal of Urbanism: "Food and Urbanism"
The
focus of this special issue of the Journal of Urbanism is to explore
and extend our knowledge and understanding of the ways that food and
urbanism interconnect in diverse urbanism contexts worldwide. As is
increasingly clear, food is a critical aspect of urbanism: an insight
sharpened by the connected and worsening issues of inequality and
climate change we face globally. The complex roles food plays are now
the object of research in a number of disciplines, as well as in
cross-disciplinary work, in urban design, planning, architecture,
geography, sociology, anthropology, urban history, gastronomy, political
economy and more. For this special issue, we call for papers that
explore, generally through a primary research focus, the ways that food
influences placemaking and can help or hinder sustainable urbanism
outcomes. The aim is to add to the body of knowledge about food and
urbanism with a view to advancing both conceptual and theoretical
frameworks and showcasing specific applied research findings. We welcome
papers concentrating on (but not limited to) a range of urbanism scales
that might extend from the domestic to the region, a diversity of food
centred research sites, and in relation to any aspect or aspects of the
food system from production, through distribution, exchange,
consumption, and 'waste'.
While we do not wish to constrain the breadth of papers that may be submitted, examples of possible topics include:
- The urbanism of food in the domestic sphere - including kitchens, dining rooms, and gardens
- Foodscapes within 'traditional' urban spaces including markets, shops, cafes, restaurants etc
- The relationship to food and urbanism to evolving experiences of public space
- Sustainable urban design and food at any stage along the food chain from production to retailing, consumption and 'waste'
- Food production and distribution landscapes - including urban, peri-urban and regional contexts
- Food and urbanism in suburbia, post suburbia and megalopolis
- Gender and sustainable urbanism in relation to food
- The urbanism of urban agriculture including 'transect' and other design-led approaches
- Urbanism and urban food design and planning policy
The
papers will be subject to a double blind peer review process, and the
successful submissions will be included in the Journal of Urbanism
special issue.
More details are available from the guest editor below.
Deadline for final paper submission: September 1, 2017