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Voltaire Cang

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Voltaire Cang, PhD, is a specialist researcher for a social education research institute in Tokyo, Japan. He earned degrees from Kyoto, Waseda, and Rikkyo (St Paul’s) Universities through his main research in heritage studies, particularly intangible heritage in Japan. He is a member of and has presented his work in many academic societies, mainly on Japanese heritage and food studies, and has also published his work in several books and journals inside and outside Japan. His latest work, “Unmaking Japanese Food: Washoku and Intangible Heritage Designation,” will be published in Food Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal in late 2015.

Sessions in which Voltaire Cang participates

Sunday 5 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:00
9:00

Paper

Voltaire Cang (Participant)

 “Washoku, the traditional dietary cultures of the Japanese” was inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Heritage of Humanit...

Monday 6 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:00
9:00

Paper

Voltaire Cang (Participant)

Washoku (literally, “Japanese food”) is now formally designated as Intangible Heritage of Humanity under the cultural heritage inscription syste...

Sessions in which Voltaire Cang attends

Friday 3 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
13:00
13:00

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Registration table (meeting point)

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