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Food and Immigrant Life:
The Role of Food in Forced Migration, Migrant Labor, and Recreating Home
| Location: | New York, United States |
| Conference Date: | 2013-04-18 (Archive) |
| Date Submitted: |
2013-02-19 |
| Announcement ID: |
201551 |
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29th Social Research conference
Thursday and Friday, April 18 and 19, 2013
The New School
Visit the conference page to review the complete program and to register at www.newschool.edu/cps/food
The 29th Social Research conference will examine the complex relationships between food and migration. Food scarcity is not only at the root of much human displacement and migration—the food industry also offers immigrants an entry point into the U.S. economic system and it, simultaneously, confines migrants to low wages and poor, if not unsafe, work conditions. In addition, food allows immigrants to maintain their cultural identity. The conference places issues of immigration and food service work in the context of a broader social justice agenda and explores the cultural role food plays in expressing cultural heritage.
The keynote address will be given by Dolores Huerta, co-founder and first Vice President Emeritus of United Farm Workers of America, on Thursday, April 18 at 6:00 p.m.
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