| Course ID: | ANTH 2800. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Food, Environment, and Culture |
Course
Description: | The exploration of many facets of food, emphasizing culture,
history, environment, and power. We begin with a foundation of
human biology and nutrition, and then move on to the many complex
economic, political, and cultural processes that relate to food.
We end by exploring food movements and food futures. This course
takes particular care to address multicultural and international
ideas about food. |
| Oasis Title: | Food Environment and Culture |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | • To understand the biology of food as related to human
nutrition, biology, health, domestication, and environment;
• To consider the role of food throughout history, from colonial
slavery to modern industrial capitalism;
• To explore the importance of food in identity and how that is
expressed through ritual;
• To analyze how food has been used both to reinforce and to
contest forms of social differentiation in the United States and
internationally;
• To evaluate the implications of your own food choices and
practices;
• To consider how societal eating and purchasing habits relate
to health, environment, power, and sustainability. |
| Topical Outline: | Human Nutrition
Nutrition, Body Image, Obesity, and Diabetes
Nutrition, Health, and Power
Nutrition, Microbial Ecology, Foraging, and Rewilding
Taste, Smell, and Memory
Domestication and Food Movement
Food Symbolism
Food and Power: Colonialism
Food and Power: Southern Foodways
Food and Identity: Region, Nation
Food and Identity: Personal Identity
Food and Technology, Globalization, and Climate
Food Security, Food Sovereignty
Tradition, Ritual, Reciprocity, and Feasting
Food Movements, and Food Futures |