Lessons From The Past: Archaeology, Anthropology And The Future Of Food, Oxford

 

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Lessons From The Past: Archaeology, Anthropology And The Future Of Food Conference 2018

 

Date: Thursday 23 August 2018, 9:30 - 18:00

Location: Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford

 

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 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. 

Programme

Registration will open at 9.30am in the Lecture theatre, Oxford Martin School, and the event will be held from 10-5pm with lunch at Balliol College and a drinks reception, sponsored by the Association of Environmental Archaeology, till 6pm.

Download the programme here

Registration

Conference fees will be £28 (£18 students/unwaged) and will include lunch and refreshments.

Registration closed 1st August 2018

 

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).