Lessons from the past: archaeology, anthropology and the future of food, Oxford
People
The Oxford Martin Future of Food Programme and The British Museum is hosting a one day conference on the 23rd August 2018, at the Oxford Martin School, Oxford
Today’s challenge of feeding an ever increasing population requires a whole food systems approach to agricultural and food security research, in order to deliver productive, resilient and sustainable food and farming. The environmental challenges posed by agriculture are huge, contributing to greenhouse gas emissions, localised pollution, and water, forest, land and biodiversity loss. Conversely, climate change, water scarcity, rising global temperatures, and extreme weather will also have severe long-term effects on agricultural production.
Archaeological, historical, and anthropological research are all underdeveloped resources in modern agricultural sustainability studies, but are tools well-suited to investigating food security and agricultural development over time under different challenges. The study of subsistence systems from the ancient past through to the last century can provide insight into future agricultural resilience by exploring the role, value and cultivation of local food crops in parts of the world where dramatic changes are seen. Local information about changing agrobiodiversity and long-term regional crop histories can add essential value and context to debates concerning future agricultural strategies and interventions, especially around new crop introductions or utilising ‘forgotten’ or increasingly underused cereals and pulses.
This conference brings together leading researchers and practitioners to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, and concerns as well as practical challenges encountered and solutions adopted in the field of global food security.
The conference is organised by Dr Kelly Reed (The Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Food) and Dr Philippa Ryan (The British Museum, in collaboration with the Subsistence and sustainability [AHRC] and Nubian traditional knowledge and agricultural resilience [ARHC and GCRF] projects.)
Please send any enquiries to futureoffood@oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk
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Programme
Registration will open at 9.30am and the event will be held from 10-5pm with a drinks reception, sponsored by the Association of Environmental Archaeology, till 6pm.
The programme can be viewed here
Registration
Registration is now closed
The conference is organised by Dr Kelly Reed (The Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Food) and Dr Philippa Ryan (The British Museum). Please send any enquiries to futureoffood@oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk Lessons from the past:
a
rchaeology
,
anthropology
and the
f
uture of
f
ood
O
ne
day
conference
23
rd
August 2018
Lectur
e Theatre, Oxford Martin School
, University of Oxford
34 Broad Street (corner of Holywell and Catte Streets), Oxford, OX1 3BD
Today’s challenge of feeding an ever increasing population requires a whole food systems approach
to agricultural and food security research, in order to deliver productive, resilient and sustainable
food and farming. The environmental challenges posed by
agriculture are huge,
contributing to
greenhouse gas emissions,
localised pollution,
and water,
forest, land and biodiversity loss.
Conversely, climate change, water scarcity, rising global temperatures, and extreme weather will
also have severe long
-
term
effects on agricultural production.
Archaeological
,
historical
,
and anthropological
research
are all
underdeveloped resource
s
in modern
agricultural sustainability
studies
,
but
are
tool
s
well
-
suited
to
investigating
food security and
agricultural developme
nt over time under different challenges.
The study of
subsistence systems
from the ancient past through
to
the last century can provide insight into future agricultural
resilience
by exploring
the role
, value
and cultivation of local food crops
in
parts of the world where
dramatic changes
are seen
. Local information about changing agrobiodiversity
and
long
-
term
regional crop histories can add essential value and context to debates concerning future agricultural
strategies
and interventions, especia
lly around new crop introductions or utilising ‘forgotten’ or
increasingly underused
cereals and pulses
.
The day
conference brings together leading researchers and practitioners to present and discuss the
most recent innovations, trends, and concerns as well
as practical challenges encountered and
solutions adopted in the field of global food security.
The conference is organised by Dr Kelly Reed (
The Oxford Martin Programme
on
t
he Future o
f Food
)
and Dr Philippa Ryan (The British Museum).
Please send any enqu
iries to
futureoffood@oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk
