Dr Charles-Édouard de Suremain

Full-time researcher
CIESAS-UMR 208 PALOC (IRD-MNHN)
Participates in 1 Session
Charles-Edouard de Suremain is doctor in Anthropology of the Université François Rabelais, Tours, France (1994) and full-time researcher at the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD). He is member of the Research Unit 208 PaLoc “Local Heritages & Governance” (IRD & National Museum of Natural History, Paris). After studying the ethnic stereotypes in coffee plantations in Guatemala (1985-1994) and the colonization fronts in Ecuador (1989-1991), he worked on child health issues and development in Congo (1995-1997), Bolivia, and Peru (1998-2003). He has also conducted research on food insecurity and food redistribution in Africa and Mexico. He is currently expanding his research on food heritage in the framework of development initiatives in Latin America (Mexico, Central America, and Andean Region). He currently coordinates the FoodHerit project with Raúl Matta (https://foodherit.hypotheses.org/).

Sessions in which Dr Charles-Édouard de Suremain participates

Monday 6 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Decorative image for session Food as Heritage: Uses and Consequences of Food as an Object of Cultural Value
Food as Heritage: Uses and Consequences of Food as an Object of Cultural Value
Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB 2.270
9:00 - 12:30 | 3 hours 30 minutes
Changes in Heritage (New Manifestations)Notions of HeritageIntangible HeritageTourism
Simultaneous translation - Traduction simultanée

This session is committed to extending previous research collaborations on food and culinary systems as objects of political mobilization – ICA 52, 2006 (Seville); Mexico DF, 2009; ICA 54, 2012 (Vienna); Uqam, 2014 (Montreal). On this occasion, we will deepen and develop ongoing debates about the growing place of food in the cultural politics of heritage and its impacts on society, about which there is still scarce documentation.  How are food and culinary heritages constructed and...

Sessions in which Dr Charles-Édouard de Suremain attends

Tuesday 7 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
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Pawâ
La Scena - La Scena (intérieur)
19:00 - 23:00 | 4 hours
Festive Event

The closing dinner of the conference, called “Pawâ” according to a French-Canadian tradition borrowed from the Native American lexicon, will be an opportunity to discover, in the heart of the Old Port of Montreal, an original culinary creation by the caterer Agnus Dei, from the renowned Maison Cartier-Besson in Montreal, leader in its field for its boundless creativity and event expertise. The dinner, in the form of stations, will offer delegates an exploration of Quebecois culinary heritage,...