Between Molecules, Materiality, and the Self: Standards in Nutritional Epidemiology and Food Cultures

Programm

Thursday, 3 July 200816:00 Welcome and Introduction to the WorkshopSession 1: Food and Health as Objects of Biomedical Research (Chair:Christine Bischof)Nutrition and health figure prominently in the life sciences ? fromlaboratory research and molecular biology, prevention initiatives to largescale population studies in epidemiology. This session will explorepolitics and practices of biomedical research on nutrition and health; itincludes the fields of epigenetics, history of nutrition science andcancer epidemiology.16:15 Hannah Landecker, Rice University, Houston/Texas: From Dish toDiet: Cells, People and Nutrient Media in Epigenetic Models of ChronicDisease17:15 – 17:30 Coffee / Tea17:30 Ulrike Thoms, Charité University Medicine Berlin: From supportingfood production to monitoring health: Nutrional Research at the DIfE,Potsdam Rehbrücke 1946-199018:00 Susanne Bauer, Humboldt University Berlin / University ofCopenhagen: Population Categories and Molecular Markers in NutritionalEpidemiology19:00 Workshop DinnerFriday, 4 July 2008Session 2: Transformation of ?Traditional? Food Cultures in Europe(Chair: Susanne Bauer)This session spotlights traditional and protected food (PGO/PDO) in theEuropean Union as well as processes of standardization and classificationof food quality. We follow the technologies and practices that labels suchas ?traditional food? are reinventing and rationalizing. We reflect ondifferent regional examples of regulation in Europe and explore thecomplex interplay of law, production, consumers, risk management,scientific and traditional knowledge on food quality and culture.10:00 Session Introduction10:15 Maria France Garcia, L?Institut National de Recherche Agronomique,Paris: Territorial Nomenclatures and Globalizing Markets: The French WineCase11:15 Atle Wehn Hegnes, University of Oslo: Translating Potatoes ?Pathways to Protection of Designations of Designations Origin andGeographical Indications in Norway11:45 – 12:00 Coffee / Tea12:00 Felicitas Hartmann, Citymuseum Tübingen / Eberhard KarlsUniversity Tübingen: Food as Global Cultural Heritage12:30 Stephan Haufe, Humboldt University Berlin: Healthy – Protect -GMO-free: Modern Food without Modern Technologies?13:00 – 14:30 LunchSession 3: Gouvernementality: Standardization of the Self and DietaryHabits (Chair: Stephan Haufe)This session discusses Foucault?s analysis of biopower andgouvernementality concerning technologies of the self. Within thediscourse on risks, risk factors for certain diseases and population basedrisk assessment for standardization and classification of the subject playa decisive role. The same applies for dietary habits. Empirical researchwith case studies on adipositas and cancer demonstrate the circumstancesand effects of standardization and classification. What role do processesof inclusion and exclusion of the subject play when it comes to thedevelopment of European guidelines and health standards?14:30 Session Introduction14:45 Friedrich Schorb, University of Bremen: The History of the QueteletIndex (BMI) and the Standardization of the Body15:15 Jörg Niewöhner / Michalis Kontopodis, Humboldt University Berlin:Preventing Fat Children & Producing Bio-Citizens15:45 – 16:00 Coffee / Tea16:00 Christine Bischof, Humboldt University Berlin: Participantperspectives in the ?European Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition(EPIC) – Potsdam Study?16:30 – 17:00 Discussion and Resumé (Chair: Leonore Scholze-Irrlitz,Humboldt University Berlin), Comment: Stefan Beck, Humboldt UniversityBerlin