FOOD AND PERFORMANCE CONFERENCE Sunday May 3, 1998 Department of Performance Studies New York University 721 Broadway, 6th fl. Studio 8:30-9:00 Breakfast reception Welcoming remarks: BARBARA KIRSHENBLATT-GIMBLETT ------------------------------------------------------- 9:00-10:00 Provisioning Chair: MARCY THOMPSON LISBETH BARTLETT, Biodynamic Agriculture and Community Supported Farming: The Performative Interaction of Food Production, with Nutritional/Spiritual Healing BEN STEWART, Performing Produce EVE JOCHNOWITZ, Foraging on the Urban Frontier: Food and the Moral Order at the Park Slope Coop M.J. THOMPSON, Meat-on-the-Bone: Flaunting Etiquette, Performing Anarchy Discussant: PATRICIA NOVELLI and MAX SCHUMACHER -------------------------------------------------------- 10:00-10:45 Lunch Chair: SARA BAILES PATRICIA NOVELLI, Bullish for Take-Out: Food Delivery to Desk Top Publishers in the Financial Industry During Weekend Shifts MITCHELL DAVIS, Lunch Time: The Temporal Elements of an Afternoon Meal at a French Restaurant in New York City Discussants: JENNIFER BERG, PATRICK MARTINS, and BEN STEWART ------------------------------------------------------------- 10:45-11:00 Coffee Break ------------------------------------------------------------- 11:00-12:00 Sociability Chair: JILLIAN GOULD RICARDO MONTEZ, Queer Coffee Houses MAX SCHUMACHER, Virtual Food: The Lack of Food Eaten at Internet Cafes RICHARD McKEWEN, Cocktail Renaissance: The Reemergence and Reinvention of the Cocktail Way of Life DONG-SHIN CHANG, Building Community: The Spaghetti Dinner Discussants: RAMONA PEREZ, CHRIS STAHL, SARA JANSEN -------------------------------------------------------------- 12:00-1:00 Lunch -------------------------------------------------------------- 1:00-1:45 Asia in New York Chair: DONG-SHIN CHANG ERIN MEE, Home Plate: Dishing Up "India" in New York JENNIFER WINDUS, Food for the Gods: Divine Meals at the Temple of Ganesha SARA JANSEN, "The World in a Bowl of Tea": The Japanese Tea Ceremony in Exile Discussant: LISBETH BARTLETT and JI-YOUNG KIM ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1:45-2:45 Food and Identity Chair: LEANNE TRAPEDO SIMS JENNIFER BERG, Foodways Define Syrian American Sephardic Ethnicity and Identity: An Ethnographic Case Study JI-YOUNG KIM, Different Presentations, Different Identity: Korean Cuisine in New York RAMONA PEREZ, Spectacles of Mexico: Consuming Mestizaje at Zarela's. MARCY THOMPSON, From the Borough to the Body: A Gastro- Geographical Exploration of Glatt Kosher Cuisine Discussants: LACY TORGE, RICARDO MONTEZ, ERIN MEE -------------------------------------------------------------- 2:45-3:00 Coffee Break -------------------------------------------------------------- 3:00-3:45 Food and Memory Chair: JENNIFER WINDUS PAUL SCOLIERI, The Two Pavlovas: Choreography, Confection, and Commemoration LEANNE TRAPEDO SIMS, Dalia Carmel: Spinning Food Memories JILLIAN GOULD, Drinking Egg Creams, Telling Stories: Egg Creams in 1990s New York Discussant: EVE JOCHNOWITZ and M.J. THOMPSON ------------------------------------------------------------- 3:45-4:45 Spectacle and Excess Chair: PAUL SCOLIERI PATRICK MARTINS, Subtleties, Power, and Consumption CHRISTOPHER STAHL, Perverse Nourishment: Spectacle and Cruelty at La Nouvelle Justine SARA BAILES, "All About (the) Other/Eves": The Impossibility of Ingesting Anorexia LACEY TORGE, What's a Post-Tourist to Eat: Consuming and Commodifying Kitsch at the "Original Drag Queen Restaurant" Discussant: RICHARD McKEWAN and MITCHELL DAVIS ---------------------------------------------------------------- 5:00-6:00 Closing reception -----------------------------------------------------------------