Ebook: Experiencing Food: Designing Dialogues: Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Food Design and Food Studies (EFOOD 2017), October 19-21, 2017, Lisbon, Portugal

"Food and interdisciplinary research are the central focus of the proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Food Design and Food Studies (EFOOD 2017) Experiencing Food, Designing Dialogues, reflecting on interdisciplinarity as not limited to the design of objects or services, but seeking awareness towards new lifestyles and innovative approaches to food. Albeit the social sciences, through Food Studies researchers, have continuously looked for how food influences and shapes society, there is a growing interdisciplinary interest in Gastronomy, similarly to Design, where more projects try to solve problems related to different food systems. Worldwide academia and media are currently discussing examples of these Design processes around food and this emerging phenomenon: Food Design. Design, Gastronomy and Culture interact at different levels and shape the food production, communication and distribution by valuing and bringing to life aspects much wider than the mere question of feeding as an act of survival. Food systems are at their maximum resource capacity and designing new ways of thinking about food will possibly bring a different approach to generate sustainable solutions. Accordingly, food production professionals have developed a desire to share knowledge about food, creating new communication networks open and accessible to everyone, where ideas can be freely expressed through creativity, innovation, experimentation and dissemination."--Provided by publisher.  Read more...