Program
March 26 Workshop – Investigating Internet Food Cultures
09:00-9:30 Registration
09:30-12:30 Workshop 1
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Zeena Feldman |
Ethnography for Digital Food Studies |
12:30-14:00 Lunch Break
14:00-17:00 Workshop 2
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Janina Wildfeuer |
The Digital Bite: Doing Multimodal Analysis of Online Food Performances |
17:30-18:30 Practitioner Talk
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Marina Beuerle (Mit Vergnügen Berlin) |
Food Content Online: In Dialogue with Mit Vergnügen Berlin |
The 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 – The Language of Digital Food Practices
08:30-09:00 Registration
09:00-09:15 Conference Opening
09:15-10:15 Keynote
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Cynthia Gordon |
“It’s a coco no-no episode”: Intertextuality, Transduction, and Making Fictional Alcoholic Drinks Consumable in Star Trek Podcast Discourse |
10:15-10:30 Short Coffee Break
10:30-11:00 Presentation Slot 1
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Irene Cenni & Camilla Vásquez |
Sharing Food, Sharing Self: Food Practices and Ideologies in nonna Fina’s Instagram Content |
11:00-11:30 Presentation Slot 2
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Fabio Ciambella & Marco Bagli |
Negotiating “Italianness”: Translingual and Multimodal Identities in Digital Food Discourse |
11:30-12:45 Lunch Break
12:45-13:30 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 KhalifalHaj 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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Dominik Gerst |
How to Shop for Vegan Food: Examining Video Shopping Tutorials of Vegan Influencers |
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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 |
13:30-14:30 Keynote
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Stefan Diemer |
The Evolution of Online Taste: A Gustatory Journey |
14:30-15:00 Coffee Break
15:00-15:30 Presentation Slot 3
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Maria Szymańska |
“You’re not a snack you’re a whole meal”: Performing Desirability through Culinary Metaphors in Online Discourse |
15:30-16:00 Presentation Slot 4
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Justina Urbonaitė |
Metaphors that Feed the Mind: Figurative Strategies in YouTube Videos on Nutrition Fads |
16:00-16:30 Presentation Slot 5
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Alla Tovares |
A Digital Food Fight: Food Metaphors and Humor in Ukraine-Russia Conflict Discourse |
16:30-16:45 Coffee Break
16:45-17:15 Presentation Slot 6
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Loukia Lindholm |
“Hot girls eat sardines”: Multimodal Identity Work in #sardinegirl TikTok Videos |
17:15-17:45 Presentation Slot 7
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Anna Borghi |
The Vegan Boy: Plant-Based Identity and Gender in Digital Discourse |
17:45-18:15 Presentation Slot 8
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Madge Mitchell |
Fermenting Femininity: Sourdough Semiotics and Tradwife Digital Homemaking |
19:30 Social Program: Concrete & Currywurst
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). Note that the start of the tour (Bahnhof Zoo) is around 45 minutes by public transport from the conference venue. Sign-up via conference registration.
March 28: Full Day Conference – The Language of Digital Food Practices
09:00-10:00 Keynote
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Cornelia Gerhardt |
The Better Choice? Exgredients like ‘Gluten-Free’ and Addgredients like ‘Protein-Boosted’ |
10:00-10:15 Short Coffee Break
10:15-10:45 Presentation Slot 9
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Kelsi Matwick |
Blue Seal Ice Cream: Branding Okinawan Nostalgia and American Influence in Digital Foodscapes |
10:45-11:15 Presentation Slot 10
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Polly Szatrowski |
Style, Attitude and Knowledge in Japanese Instagram Posts Related to Food Sustainability |
11:15-11:45 Presentation Slot 11
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Chi-hua Hsiao |
Enregisterment of Healthy Eating on Social Media Communities in Taiwan |
11:45-13:00 Lunch Break
13:00-14:15 Lightning Talks Round 2 + Poster Session
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Sneha Mishra & Anil Kumar |
The Linguistic Creativity, Authorship, and Authenticity of Modern GenAI-based Chefs |
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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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Elena Isabelle Tamba, Petronela Savin, Sebastian Brumă, Diana Creangă & Codrin Dinu Vasiliu |
Linguistics… on a Plate. The Digital Rhetoric of Romanian Local Food 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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Bethany Weppler |
Food, Gender, and Class in Morocco: Constructing a Bouzebal Identity |
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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
14:45-15:15 Presentation Slot 12
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Theresa Heyd |
Excess-ories: Consuming the Stanley Cup |
15:15-15:45 Presentation Slot 13
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Katie LeBesco & Susan Ericsson |
Constructing “Food Noise”: Embodiment, Eating, and Ideology on TikTok |
15:45-16:15 Presentation Slot 14
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Angeliki Tzanne |
“My muffins are awesome!”: Self-Praise in Greek Food Blogs |
16:15-16:45 Presentation Slot 15
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Riitta-Liisa Valijärvi |
More-than-human Animals as Food Tasters on Social Media |
16:45-17:00 Short Coffee Break
17:00-18:00 Keynote
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Keri Matwick |
Digital Culinary Nationalism: AI, Algorithmic Taste, and National Cuisines |
18:00-18:15 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 (direct connection with the subway). Sign-up via the registration form.