Food, Justice, and Culture

Catalog description

Food provides us an opportunity to observe the experiences of peoples and how it shapes everyday life, and social interactions. This course, centered on questions of social justice, will provide students the opportunity to discuss themes that intersect with anthropological concepts, such as race, gender, social class, ethnicity, material culture, kinship, value, and others. A cross-cultural and global consideration of how food is connected to nutrition, environment, the state, and land.