ANTH353

This course engages an anthropological perspective to explore the ever-evolving human relationship to food, particularly through intersections of food with politics, power dynamics, and structural violence. Through various perspective-taking exercises, students are invited to understand the centrality of food in culture and society as well as its connection to power and the perpetuation of oppressive institutions and practices. Specific ethnographic and theoretical themes of this course include: the social, political, economic, and environmental dimensions of food; meanings of food across human societies; food and power; food, health, and the environment; food, climate, and social justice; food insecurity; and inequities in social relations surrounding food production, processing, distribution, and consumption.

GEED - EPSOC (Gen Ed: EP Social Scientist)