Exhibition | The Gendered Cultures of Beer and Cheese: the Regulation of Human and Microbial Bodies on the Home and Industrial Scales, 1616 - 2017
Vernissage: Friday, September 29,听6-8 pm at the Osler Library of the History of Medicine.听
Welcome to "The Gendered Cultures of Beer and Cheese: the Regulation of Human and Microbial Bodies on the Home and Industrial Scales.鈥� This exhibition, comprised of medical texts, cookbooks, training manuals, and industry documents, showcases the ways in which advice about best fermentation practices has changed over time. As you visit the exhibition, we hope you will consider the following questions: How is the language employed around ideas of public health, food, and alcohol production gendered and classed? Are ideas about "what is safe" and "what is dangerous" regarding fermentation practices restricted to scientific understanding? To what degree are these ideas socially embedded concepts?
The materials for this exhibit come from 海角社区鈥檚 Osler Library of the History of Medicine; Rare Books and Special Collections; the Schulich Library of Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, and Engineering; the MacDonald Campus Library; the Blackader-Lauterman Collection of Architecture and Art; and the private collection of Alex Ketchum.
This exhibit has been made possible by the generous support of 海角社区鈥檚 Faculty of Medicine; the Institute of Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies; the Department of History and Classical Studies; the Department of English; and the Office of the Vice Principal鈥檚 Research and Innovation Grant.
We are pleased to offer this exhibit as part of this fall鈥檚 conference, 鈥淟eavening the Conversation: Food, Feminism, and Fermentation.鈥� The event will be taking place on 海角社区鈥檚 campus from September 29- October 1st.听In addition to the above sponsors, the larger event is also sponsored by Le R茅seau qu茅b茅cois en 茅tudes f茅ministes of L'Universit茅 du Qu茅bec 脿 Montr茅al, Concordia University鈥檚 Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Concordia University鈥檚 Centre for Sensory Studies, and the University of Alabama鈥檚 Department of Gender and Race Studies.
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Curated by Alex Ketchum, PhD candidate, Department of History and Classical Studies
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