Eating Identities: Food, Culture and Social Justice

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This course offers a critical, anthropologically informed exploration of the cultural, social, economic and historical forces that shape food systems. Students investigate how practices of production, preparation and consumption are embedded in relations of power, identity and meaning, with particular attention to foodways and foodscapes as analytic frameworks. Drawing on ethnographic, historical and interdisciplinary perspectives, the course examines how colonization, globalization and advocacy movements influence food choices and justice struggles across diverse communities. Through advanced research, critical reflection and food-making as inquiry, students create projects that illuminate the intersections of culture, sustainability and social transformation.