The Gastronomica Editorial Collective invites submissions for a special issue on water.
Essential to life, key to cooking, and making up more than 50% of the human body, water is fundamental yet often ignored, dismissed, wasted, even feared as a source of contamination. As people in many parts of the world have become accustomed to water-intensive agriculture and food production processes, others are struggling with water access. The United Nations estimates that more than 2 billion people worldwide lack access to safe water, a condition that is exacerbated by political conflict and environmental degradation, resulting in devastating consequences for food security and health.
With such a topic that defies categorization, our guidelines for submissions are perhaps more fluid than in a typical CFP. We want to see a flood of creative and scholarly pieces, translations, as well as artworks that explore a wide range of interdisciplinary interactions and intersections from sensory science to environmental studies, from food production to culinary history, from social justice to cultural and community perspectives. We ask authors to think broadly and deeply about topics addressing, for example:
- water rights and Indigenous communities;
- water and innovations in agriculture, brewing, winemaking, and other arenas of food and drink;
- impacts of climate change on food production and coastal communities;
- the changing specter of water;
- water, food chains, and culinary infrastructure;
- the promise and perils of aquaculture and aquaponics;
- food and watersheds;
- floating markets and distribution channels;
- taste; access, inequity, and waste.
Research articles and critical translations (with introductions, reference lists, and notes) should be between 4000-8000 words. In addition, we invite creative Food Phenomena pieces that focus on water, including creative essays and visual works, such as photo essays (see art submission guidelines here). Both Scholarly and Food Phenomena pieces should be submitted via the journal’s ScholarOne platform, following our submission guidelines.
Deadline for submissions for this special issue: 15 May 2022.
*Please note that we continue to invite all other forms of Scholarly and Food Phenomena submissions on a variety of topics for future issues.