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SUMMARY:Spicy (Dis)connections: Routes, Values and Imaginaries
LOCATION:Room 1.201
DESCRIPTION:Throughout its long history, the spice trade has shaped land, p
 olitics, and society, while capturing imaginations across the globe. Spices
  played an important role in European explorations and colonization of Sout
 heast Asia from the 16th century onwards, and the spice trade has been argu
 ed to be one of the oldest links between the East and the West, connecting 
 Asia with the Mediterranean through the precious fragrances of cinnamon, ca
 rdamom, star anise, pepper, cloves and more. While spices have since lost t
 heir status as symbol of luxury, their flavors, fragrances, colors, and med
 icinal benefits continue to sell globally, while providing important liveli
 hood opportunities for cultivators. This panel focuses on the contemporary 
 routes, values, and imaginaries of spices in and from contemporary Southeas
 t Asia, while also highlighting the diverse connections and disconnections 
 within spice networks. We ask: What can the spice trade tell us about conne
 ctions between lowland and highland Southeast Asia, neighboring countries, 
 and producers and consumers more generally? How do expanding global markets
  for spices, (changing) consumer desires, and the international political e
 conomy influence producer livelihoods and lifeworlds? What roles do origins
 , uses, and botanical taxonomies play in assessments of quality and imagina
 ries of geography? And how do state policies, development interventions, bu
 t also forces of nature, such as extreme weather events, impact spice optio
 ns and benefits? By exploring these questions, the panel members seek to ex
 plore the (in)distinctiveness of particular spices on the global market and
  the various ways in which spices (dis)connect people from different parts 
 of the world.
URL:https://euroseas2019.org/program/panels/spicy-dis-connections-routes-values-and-imaginaries
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