Food as a Cultural Identity: Semiotic and Anthropology Approaches (Intensive Erasmus Program)

Saturday, 8 September 10:00 - 11:20 Bulbank lecture hall

11:20 – 11:40

Kristian Bankov (Sofia): Food and cultural identity: the concept of the school Coffee break

VIP zone lecture hall

11:40 – 13:00

Alexandra Bakalaki (Thessaloniki): Anthropological approaches to food and personhood

13:00 – 14:30

Lunch

VIP zone restaurant

16:00 – 19:30 VIP zone lecture hall

Round table “Discourses of the drink and food” (in Bulgarian language) Chair: Georg Kraev (Sofia) Ivan Evtimov (Sofia): The Alcohol Plamen Bochkov (Sofia): The images of food in the discourse of the cultural nostalgia Sadriye Güneş (Istanbul): Traditional drinks in Turkish cuisine Borislav Gueorguiev (Sofia): Who’s that mandza?

17:30 – 17:45

Coffee break

17:45 – 19:30

Ivan Kasabov (Sofia): From Tequila in the Sunrise to Rakia Sunrise Mony Almalech (Sofia): Biblical wines Maria Popova: The wine tasting as a sign procedure Hristo Kaftandjiev (Sofia): Marketing communication of different wines Boyka Batchvarova (Sofia): 1) What so called "old words" say about The Drinker; 2) A wedding present from 1919 (through a war & a "revolution" + the everyday socialist life)

20:00

Welcoming party

VIP zone restaurant

Sunday, 9 September 10:00 - 11:20 VIP zone lecture hall

Ulrich Ermann (Graz): Geographies of Food: Topics, Approaches, Problems

11:20 – 11:40

Coffee break

11:40 – 13:00

Eva Navarro Martínez (Segovia): Spanish Cinematographic-Culinary Identity – the South

13:00 – 14:30

Lunch

16:00 – 16:30

Presentation of the Bulgarian culinary culture

16:30 – 19:00

Round table “Bulgarian culinary culture: practices and meanings” Chair: Magdalena Elchinova (Sofia) Yasen Zahariev (Sofia): Wine vocabulary and Meaning Semiotic students (Sofia): How people in Bulgaria drink (working title)

17:15 – 17:30

Coffee break

17:30 – 19:00

Magdalena Elchinova (Sofia): Between habit and nostalgia: Migrants’ food (examples from the fieldwork) Evgenia Blagoeva (Sofia): Fast Food Culture Tsvete Lazova (Sofia): Food, identity, advertising: the people's mince Anthropology students (Sofia): Bulgarians’ food

19:00

Dinner

Monday, 10 September 10:00 - 11:20

Evripides Zantides (Lemesos): Semiotics and Graphic Communication

11:20 – 11:40

Coffee break

11:40 – 13:00

Anna Horolets (Warsaw): Food as tourist attraction: anthropologist's view on niche tourism practices

13:00 – 14:30

Lunch

16:00 – 16:45

Presentation of the Polish culinary culture

16:45 – 17:00

Coffee break

17:00 – 19:00

Round table on "Eating out" Chair: Anna Hebda (Warsaw) Presentations of all ethnocultural groups Greece, Bulgaria, Estonia, Italy, Austria, Finland, Spain, Turkey

19:00 21:00

Dinner Social program – Karaoke night (VIP Zone – Sky bar)

Tuesday, 11 September 10:00 - 11:20

Jon Dornaletetxe (Segovia): Spanish Cinematographic-Culinary Identity – the North

11:20 – 11:40

Coffee break

11:40 – 13:00

PhD marathon – presentations of PhD projects

13:00 – 14:30

Lunch

16:00 – 17:00

Presentation of the Turkish culinary culture

17:00 – 17:15

Coffee break

17:15 – 19:00

Presentation of the Greek culinary culture - part I: Food and Advertisements Chair: Evangelos Kourdis Evripidis Zantides and Evangelos Kourdis: Children and food advertisements in Cyprus: A Semiotic perspective Anstassia Christodoulou & Maria Tsoumari: Vegetarianism is advertised. Ifigeneia Vamvakidou et al.: Greek TV Food ADS: National and local signifiers in Financial Crisis. Discussion on the role of advertising in the culinary culture

19:00 20:30

Dinner Social program – watching UEFA qualifications (VIP Zone – Sky bar)

Wednesday, 12 September 10:00 - 11:20

Michalis Kokonis (Thessaloniki): Narration and the Politics of Insinuation in the Elliptical Text: A Semiotic Analysis of Nikita Mikhalkov’s Political Thriller Burnt by the Sun.

11:20 – 11:40

Coffee break

11:40 – 13:00

Evangelos Kourdis (Thessaloniki): Paris School of Semiotics and Translation. Towards a cultural perspective

13:00 – 14:30

Lunch

16:00 – 16:45

Presentation of the Spanish culinary culture “Spanish culinary identity: from traditionalism to conceptualism”

16:45 – 17:00

Coffee break

17:00 – 19:00

Round table on "Food in cinema and new media" Chair: Jon Dornaletetxe (Segovia) Jon Dornaletetxe & Eva Navarro Martínez (Segovia): Spanish CinematographicCulinary Identity Lorenzo Bianciardi (Siena): The “gourmand” film spectator Michalis Kokonis (Thessaloniki): Semiotics of Food in T. Boulmetis’ A Touch of Spice: A Culinary Feast Mari-Liis Madisson (Tartu): Self-representations in Estonian food blogs Discussion on the role of cinema and new media in the culinary culture today

19:00 21:00

Dinner Social program – Masked ball (VIP Zone – Sky bar)

Thursday, 13 September 10:00 - 11:20

Lorenzo Bianciardi (Siena): The movie’s flavour. The meaning of taste in the cinema

11:20 – 11:40

Coffee break

11:40 – 13:00

Ugo Volli (Torino): On the Symmetry of Food and Language

13:00 – 14:30

Lunch

16:00 – 17:00

Presentation of the Greek culinary culture - part II

17:00 – 17:15

Coffee break

17:15 – 19:00

Round table on "Food, Symbolism and Religion" Chair: Alexandra Bakalaki (Thessaloniki) Christos Tsarouhidis (Thessaloniki): The relation between "common meals" and religion: an anthropological perspective Ugo Volli (Torino): Alimentary Interdictions in Hebraism Anastasia Christodoulou & Maria Tsoumari (Thessaloniki): Food 'made in Greece' Discussion

19:00

Dinner

Friday, 14 September 10:00 - 11:20

Paul Manning (Canada): The semiotics of a culture of drink: examples from Georgia

11:20 – 11:40

Coffee break

11:40 – 13:00

Ifigeneia Vamvakidou et al. (Florina): Advertising Greek food on TV: Stereotypes, global and local identities

13:00 – 14:30

Lunch

16:00 – 17:15

Presentation of the Austrian culinary culture

17:15 – 17:30

Coffee break

17:30 – 19:00

Round table on "Geography of food and drink" Chair: Ulrich Ermann (Graz) Paul Manning (Canada): The semiotic ecology of drink: wine, beer and vodka in Georgia Discussion with representatives of the various European Alcohol regions (wine, beer, vodka) Ulrich Ermann: Framing Food: Moral Geographies of Products 'from the Region' Annalisa Colombino (Graz): The practices and discourses of quality: the case of the Piemontese cow breed

19:00 21:00

Dinner Social program – Karaoke night (VIP Zone – Sky bar)

Saturday, 15 September 10:00 - 11:20

Melissa L. Caldwell (California): to be specified

11:20 – 11:40

Coffee break

11:40 – 13:00

Mikko Sääskilahti (Rovaniemi): Food Product and Service Design: from an Idea to a Prototype

13:00 – 14:30

Lunch

16:00 – 16:45

Presentation of the Finnish culinary culture

16:45 – 17:30

Presentation of the Estonian culinary culture

17:30 – 19:00

Round table on "Food and drink culture in service design" Chair: Mikko Sääskilahti (Rovaniemi)

19:00

Dinner

Sunday, 16 September 10:00 - 11:20

Massimo Leone (Torino): In Praise of Fast Food: on the Cultural Semiotics of Gastronomic Speed

11:20 – 11:40

Coffee break

11:40 – 13:00

Alice Giannitrapani (Palermo): The Role of Space: Arranging the Gastronomic Experience

13:00 – 14:30

Lunch

16:00 – 17:00

Presentation of the Italian culinary culture

17:00 – 17:15

Coffee break

17:15 – 19:00

Round table on “The invention of tradition” Chair: Simona Stano (Torino) Alice Giannitrapani (Palermo): Reinventing Tradition: the Mukka Express and the Art of Cappuccino Massimo Leone (Torino): The Tradition of Invention Simona Stano (Torino): Presentation of the new issue of Lexia journal by Massimo Leone

19:00

Dinner

Monday, 17 September 10:00 - 11:20

Malcolm Evans & Co (London): From semiotic theory to commercial application - three journeys

11:20 – 11:40

Coffee break

11:40 – 13:00

Kristian Bankov (Sofia): Semiotics, special effects and the transfer of experience

13:00 – 14:30

Lunch

16:00 – 17:30

Round Table: Brand Research and Branding of Food & Drink Chair: Dimitar Trendafilov (Sofia) Malcolm Evans (London): Working commercially with semiotics for food brands Chris Arning (London): Food packaging project Maria Salamanques (London):

17:30 – 17:45

Coffee break

17:45 – 19:00

Students from NBU: Alcoholic Beverages Project: How Vodka and Rakia are Perceived in Bulgaria Svetoslav Biliarski (Sofia): Hristo Kaftandjiev (Sofia): Advertisements: Signs of femininity and their corresponding colour meanings: presentation of a book by Mony Almalech

19:00

Dinner

21:00

Movie Awards (VIP Zone – Sky bar)

Tuesday, 18 September 10:00 - 11:20

Test examination

Bulbank lecture hall

11:30

Departure for Sofia