{"id":25760,"date":"2020-07-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-12T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/2020\/09\/22\/gastropolitical-encounters-and-the-political-life-of-sensation\/"},"modified":"2021-01-18T15:06:13","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T07:06:13","slug":"gastropolitical-encounters-and-the-political-life-of-sensation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/2020\/07\/13\/gastropolitical-encounters-and-the-political-life-of-sensation\/","title":{"rendered":"Gastropolitical Encounters and the Political Life of Sensation"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_25761\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25761\" style=\"width: 421px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-25761\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/09\/photo-for-gastropolitical-encounters-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"421\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/09\/photo-for-gastropolitical-encounters-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/09\/photo-for-gastropolitical-encounters-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/09\/photo-for-gastropolitical-encounters-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/09\/photo-for-gastropolitical-encounters.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 421px) 100vw, 421px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25761\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u2018Food\u2019 by Filbert Kuong from SRN\u2019s SG Photobank<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Singapore Food Festival is a month-long celebration that takes place annually from the end of June to the end of July. The festival consists of activities like chef culinary workshops, food competitions, and food-themed tours of local neighbourhoods. Participants can look forward to satisfying their food cravings and increasing their culinary knowledge of both traditional and modern Singaporean cuisine.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Gastropolitical Encounters and the Political Life of Sensation\u2019 (<em>The Sociological Review, <\/em>2020) by Associate Professor Kelvin Low (NUS Sociology) emphasises the importance of food as a political object. Food is used as a diplomatic tool to enhance and maintain economic and international relations. In local and foreign policy, food is regularly included as gifts, and having a meal together is a common practice.<\/p>\n<p>Using the notion of \u2018political gustemology\u2019, A\/P Low makes conceptual connections between food, senses, and political life. The article focuses on the sensory aspects of gastropolitical encounters, which diverges from existing research on gastrodiplomacy, and provides a new framework to understand the embodied and sensory features of political affairs in everyday life.<\/p>\n<p>Read the article <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1177\/0038026120918208?journalCode=sora&amp;\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Singapore Food Festival is a month-long celebration that takes place annually from the end of June to the end of July. The festival consists of activities like chef culinary workshops, food competitions, and food-themed tours of local neighbourhoods. 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