Program
Book of Abstracts (Last Update: March 5)
Lunch Options near Freie Universität
March 26 Workshop – Investigating Internet Food Cultures
09:00-9:30 Registration
09:30-12:30 Workshop 1 (Chair: Sofia Rüdiger)
Zeena Feldman - Ethnography for Digital Food Studies12:30-14:00 Lunch Break
14:00-17:00 Workshop 2 (Chair: Ryan Fountain)
Janina Wildfeuer - The Digital Bite: Doing Multimodal Analysis of Online Food Performances17:00-17:30 Coffee Break
17:30-18:30 Practitioner Talk (Chair: Rita Vallentin)
Marina Beuerle - Food Content Online: In Dialogue with Mit Vergnügen BerlinThe workshop day concludes with insights from a representative of a local online food creator community: Mit Vergnügen Berlin (https://mitvergnuegen.com/category/food/; https://www.instagram.com/mitvergnuegen/).
March 27 Full Conference Day 1 – The Language of Digital Food Practices
08:30-09:00 Registration
09:00-09:15 Conference Opening
09:15-10:15 Keynote (Chair: Ryan Fountain)
Cynthia Gordon - “It’s a coco no-no episode”: Intertextuality, Transduction, and Making Fictional Alcoholic Drinks Consumable in Star Trek Podcast Discourse10:15-10:30 Short Coffee Break
10:30-11:30 Presentation 1 & 2 (Chair: Theresa Heyd)
Irene Cenni & Camilla Vásquez - Sharing Food, Sharing Self: Food Practices and Ideologies in Nonna Fina’s Instagram Content Fabio Ciambella & Marco Bagli - Negotiating “Italianness”: Translingual and Multimodal Identities in Digital Food Discourse11:30-13:00 Lunch Break
13:00-14:00 Lightning Talks Round 1
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Najma Al Zidjaly |
Stereotypes in Arabic Food Memes: Humor, Identity, and Cultural Critique |
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Asmaa Khalifa Alhaj Badran |
On Bitter Khubuz (Bread) & Sweet ħaˈniːn (Nostalgia): Feasting on Ideology - Culinary Discourse between the Expat and Inpat |
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Tina Bartelmeß, Luisa Dietze & Christian Germelmann |
From Packaging to Posts: Multimodal Marketing Strategies for Alternative Proteins in Germany |
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Constanze Betz |
#balletnutrition Revisited: New Functions of Giving Advice on Instagram |
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Camille Marie Fillioux |
Mapping Online Discourses of Food Populism |
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Wai Yi Lam |
From Drinking Olive Oil to ‘Never Skip Meat Day’: Performing Keto and Online Diet Debates in Hong Kong |
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Emma Lokhorst & Ielka van der Sluis |
Text-Based Identification of Visualized Culinary Actions in Vegan Soup Blogs |
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Edmundo Luna |
“They had great music & vibe” vs. “This time, the wakame seaweed was a little salty”: A Comparison of Evaluative Language in Yelp (USA) and Tabelog (Japan) Restaurant Reviews |
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Luisa Marino |
The Digital Scent of a Lemon: Storytelling in Limoncello Brand Communication |
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Nicla Mercurio, Lorenzo Devilla, Filomena Mazzeo & Mario Ruggiero |
“It’s not a meal, it’s a vibe”: A Discourse and Nutritional Analysis of the #GirlDinner as a Digital Food Ideology |
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Sneha Mishra & Anil Kumar |
The Linguistic Creativity, Authorship, and Authenticity of Modern GenAI-Based Chefs |
14:00-15:00 Keynote (Chair: Rita Vallentin)
Stefan Diemer - The Evolution of Online Taste: A Gustatory Journey15:00-15:30 Coffee Break
15:30-16:30 Presentation 3 & 4 (Chair: Kelsi Matwick)
Justina Urbonaitė - Metaphors that Feed the Mind: Figurative Strategies in YouTube Videos on Nutrition Fads Alla Tovares - A Digital Food Fight: Food Metaphors and Humor in Ukraine-Russia Conflict Discourse16:30-16:45 Coffee Break
16:45-18:15 Presentation 5, 6 & 7 (Chair: Paulien Decorte)
Theresa Heyd - Excess-ories: Consuming the Stanley Cup Anna Borghi - The Vegan Boy: Plant-Based Identity and Gender in Digital Discourse Madge Mitchell - Fermenting Femininity: Sourdough Semiotics and Tradwife Digital Homemaking19:30 Social Program: Concrete & Currywurst
We will meet at 19:30 at Hardenbergplatz 8 (one of the Zoo entrance points next to the station Zoologischer Garten). This tour is a one-hour walk guided by our local Berliner Rita exploring the sights and stories around Bahnhof Zoo, with an optional self-paid Currywurst finale (vegan options available).
March 28: Full Conference Day 2 – The Language of Digital Food Practices
09:00-10:00 Keynote (Chair: Susanne Mühleisen)
Cornelia Gerhardt - The Better Choice? Exgredients like ‘Gluten-Free’ and Addgredients like ‘Protein-Boosted’10:00-10:15 Short Coffee Break
10:15-11:45 Presentation 8, 9 & 10 (Chair: Tina Bartelmeß)
Kelsi Matwick - Blue Seal Ice Cream: Branding Okinawan Nostalgia and American Influence in Digital Foodscapes Polly Szatrowski - Style, Attitude, and Knowledge in Japanese Instagram Posts Related to Food Sustainability Chi-hua Hsiao - Enregisterment of Healthy Eating on Social Media Communities in Taiwan11:45-13:00 Lunch Break
13:00-14:15 Lightning Talks Round 2 + Poster Session
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Veronica Pierotti |
Visual and Multi-Modal Conceptual Metaphors of Food Waste in Online Image Banks: Can they Catalyze Environmentally Responsible Behavior? |
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Garima Sukhwal |
Food Identity and Public Fascination: Exploring Discursive Practices of Indian Food Delivery Brands on Digital Platforms |
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Revathi Suresh |
Examining the Role of Chattichoru and Other Food Trends in Shaping a Modern Malayali Identity |
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Foteini Topoglidou |
Savory Spectacles: Exploring the Grotesque in Digital Media |
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Lieke Verheijen & Ilja Croijmans |
Cross-Cultural Online Food Practices: Affordances and Constraints of the Emoji Inventory |
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Elina Vrijsen & Paulien Decorte |
Online Discourse Surrounding Meat Alternatives on TikTok |
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Helena Worthington |
The Politics of Eating Well: How YouTube Serves Up Sustainability and Healthy Eating |
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Paula Zenker |
“I think they just inhale air for meals”: Constructing Community in EDtwt |
14:15-14:45 Coffee Break
14:45-16:45 Presentation 11, 12, 13 & 14 (Chair: Rita Vallentin)
Dominik Gerst - How to Shop for Vegan Food: Examining Video Shopping Tutorials of Vegan Influencers Katie LeBesco & Susan Ericsson - Constructing “Food Noise”: Embodiment, Eating, and Ideology on TikTok Riitta-Liisa Valijärvi - More-than-Human Animals as Food Tasters on Social Media Angeliki Tzanne - “My muffins are awesome!”: Self-Praise in Greek Food Blogs16:45-17:00 Short Coffee Break
17:00-18:00 Keynote (Chair: Sofia Rüdiger)
Keri Matwick - Digital Culinary Nationalism: AI, Algorithmic Taste, and National Cuisines18:00-18:15 Conference Closing
19:30 Conference Dinner
We’ll be having our buffet style conference dinner at Max & Moritz (https://maxundmoritzberlin.de/), a traditional Berlin restaurant in the heart of Kreuzberg that’s been serving classic German cuisine, local beers, and more since 1902. Please note that the restaurant is about 60 minutes from the conference venue (via subway). Official sign-up has closed, but feel free to contact us to find out if additional conference dinner tickets are available.