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JUSTIFICATION

The newly appointed by President-elect Joe Biden as United States Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield has revolutionized the world of diplomacy with a new term. “Gumbo Diplomacy”. In this play on words in front of the usual and hegemonic "Bunboat Diplomacy" the new African-American ambassador raised in Louisiana has put on the table the gastronomy how powerful intercultural communication tool. Gumbo is a Louisiana Creole cuisine stew resulting from the historical fusion of ingredients and cultures. Linda Thomas-Greenfield during her appointment last November explained that “wherever in the world I find myself, I invited people of different origins and beliefs to help me make roux and chop onions for the Holy Trinity of a homemade gumbo. It was my way of breaking down barriers, connect with people and start seeing myself on a human level ".

And it is from that place that the new ambassador wants to confront the interconnected conflicts in this global world such as the pandemic., the climate change crisis, mass migration and extreme poverty. Taking advantage of this current hanger, as well as the growing interest of the scientific community from the Humanities and the enthusiasm of the students before a subject that seems to be fashionable in the media, we propose these Conference, to be held in online mode.

OBJECTIVES

  • Make known among the academic community, students and journalism professionals food journalism as an intercultural communication tool.
  • Show how the interrelation between globalization and localization makes it clear in gastronomy.
  • Show the richness and versatility of academic research in gastronomic communication.
  • Show practical examples of gastronomic communication as intercultural communication both at a journalistic level and in the creation of restaurants.

PROGRAM

  • Celebration: 21 May 2021
  • Duration: 4 hours
  • Credits: 0,4

PARTICIPANTS

  • Ferran Adrià. elBulli Foundation.
  • Helio San Miguel, The New School, NYC.
  • victory TUR, University of Alicante
  • Beatriz Peña Acuña, University of Huelva
  • Francesc Fusté Forner, Girona University.
  • Carmen Alcaraz placeholder image, food journalist.
  • Sara cucala. Film director, philologist and gastronomic journalist.
  • Carlos Lozano, Associate Professor, Department of Communication Sciences and Sociology of the URJC.
  • Alexandra Sandulescu, visiting professor, Department of Communication Sciences and Sociology of the URJC.

EXPECTED RESULTS

  1. Encourage dialogue between journalists, academics, chefs and university students with gastronomy and intercultural communication as axes.
  2. Promote journalism and gastronomic communication as an area of ​​interest in academic research, both in the realization of doctoral theses and articles and monographs.
  3. Create synergies for possible research work in this area