Anthropology of Food

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http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anthfood/

Anth 3888 Spring 2021
Anthropology of Food
University of Minnesota Duluth
60771-001 (01/13/2021 - 04/30/2021), instruction mode: Online--asynchronous, Roufs,Tim, 3 credits
Schedule may change as events of the semester require

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"What you eat, and why you eat it . . ."

"This course dared me to find out where our food comes from, and has changed the way I think about the world. The 'textbooks' . . . were a joy to read. In short, this is the one course everyone who eats needs to take." — Andy Kadlec, UMD Labovitz School of Business

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Course URL:

General Course Information:

http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anthfood/afcourseinfo.html#title

:
First-Day Handout
(syllabus):

Meet Your Professor
<http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/MeetYourProfessor.html>
Slides: (.pptx)

General Course Information

Why food?

“Food is required by every human on earth, yet the types of food we eat and how we produce and consume it vary tremendously. It is therefore a nearly perfect subject for anthropology, since it can be examined in terms of human biology, culture, and social status across time from our evolutionary ancestors to the present day. . . .” -- Ryan Adams, IUPUI Anthropology

TAPS Magazine, Karla Dudley, Editor in Chief, Winter 2012 cover

Karla Dudley, Editor in Chief,
TAPS The Beer Magazine
Winter 2012

Top people in the world are into Food . . .

On the Future of Fod, HRH The Prince of Wales.

Will Allen

Growing Power

one of
The 2010 TIME 100, Heroes
"The World's Most Influential People"
-- Van Jones, Time 29 April 2010

and
Will appears on the RODALE 100 "definitive list of the 100 people, products, companies, and organizations positively impacting our world"

Michael Pollan

Food Rules
The Omnivore's Dilemma

one of
The 2010 TIME 100, Thinkers
"The World's Most Influential People"
-- Alice Waters, Time 29 April 2010

HRH Prince Charles

On the Future of Food

Prince William returns to university to study farming

William to take Cambridge University agriculture course

BBC News (30 December 2013)

Food Babe, One of Time's 30 Most Influential People on the Web

Read the full piece in Time Magazine here

And on American Public Media . . .

http://www.splendidtable.org/bio/lynne-rossetto-kasper

Francis Lam

The Splended Table

Former First Lady Michelle Obama
having lunch with school children at Parklawn Elementary School in Alexandria, VA
New York Times (25 January 2012)

Let's Move
blog

Fomer President Donald Trump
having lunch at the White House Dinner

The World's Best Praline comes from . . .

Oscar Ortega

Master Chocolatier

"One of the most famous chocolatiers of the American Continent"

Atelier Ortega
Jackson, Wyoming

Best Pralines in the world 2015 -- Milan, Italy

Best Pastry Chef of América 2011

“First Place - Gelato World Cup - Cactus Fruit Sorbet” — Rimini, Italy

“Oscar Ortega - Top ten pastry chef in America” — Dessert Professional Magazine

TEXTBOOKS

textbooks for the course
general textbook information

The exams will be open-book essays constructed from a list of study questions that you help create, so it would be a good idea for you to have your own copy of each text you plan to use in the exams.

Gillian Crowther

author Interview
Teaching Culture

Michael Pollan

Dan Jurafsky

Meet Daniel Jurafsky

Eating Culture: An Anthropological Guide to Food, Second Edition.

The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals.

The Language of Food: A Linguist Reads The Menu

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2018.
384 pages
ISBN-10: 1487593295
ISBN-13: 978-1487593292

NY: Penguin, 2007.
464 pages
ISBN-10: 0143038583
ISBN-13: 978-0143038580

NY: W. W. Norton, 2014.
272 pages
ISBN-10: 0393240835
ISBN-13: 978-0393240832

The course anchor text, Eating Culture: An Anthropological Guide to Food, Second Edition, by Gillian Crowther,

is currently available on-line for $48.95 new, $12.00 used, and $31.16 e-Textbook.
(+ p/h, where applicable, at amazon.com & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25).
(23 December 2020)

[It has been offered on-line for as much as $tba, or even more, so be careful to check prices.]
(+ p/h, where applicable, at amazon.com & eligible for FREE Prime Shipping on orders over $25).

Other on-line and brick and mortar stores should have comparable offers.

The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (2007)
an international run-away best seller, is currently available on-line for $6.96 new, $0.94 used, $7.99 Kindle, and $15.99 Audiobook.(+ p/h, where applicable, at amazon.com & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25).
(23 December 2020)

Note: The Omnivore's Dilemma: The Secrets Behind What You Eat, Young Readers Edition (2009), also by Michael Pollen, is a different edition of the book.

The Language of Food: A Linguist Reads The Menu
is currently available on-line new for $15.55 (ppbk.), $2.98 used, $7.99 Kindle, and $13.71 Audiobook.(+ p/h, where applicable, at amazon.com & eligible for FREE Prime Shipping on orders over $25).
(23 December 2020)

Eller, Jack David. 2014 Review of Eating Culture: An Anthropological Guide to Food. Anthropology Review Database January 12, 2014. http://wings.buffalo.edu/ARD/cgi/showme.cgi?keycode=5820, accessed June 17, 2014.

Eating Culture: Sample Student Assignments for the Anthropology of Food -- October 7, 2013. Accssed June 17, 2014.

University of Toronto Press Listing

The Language of Food Blog

Stanford course

Textbooks are available from these sources . . .

Chegg [rental]

CheapestTextbooks.com

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Welcome to Anthropology of Food

(textbooks for the course and general textbook information)

Woman and Blueberries, Parick DesJarlait, 1971

Rice Gatherers 1867
Seth Eastman (1808-1875)
from The Anishinabe of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe (1975; 2013),
Timothy G. Roufs, Phoenix: Indian Tribal Series; Reprinted, Cass Lake, MN: Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, 2013, p. 27.

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holidays

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to textbooks

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Week 6	Valentine's Day	14 February 2021
Week 6	Mardi Gras Ash Wednesday	16 February 2021 17 February 2021
Week 10	Pi Day	14 March (3, 1, 4) 2021
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Introduction to Anthropology / Orientation to the Course:
"Setting the Anthropological Table"

Week 1

Getting Started

Greetings!

Using the Canvas Syllabus and Calendar

Welcome!

What's Happening Week 1?: Getting Started (Module 1) (.pdf)

Week 1

Have a look at the linked materials in the various units as you go along (such as the "First-Day Handout" [syllabus]:in the next section), and look at the slide materials*
(indicated by .pptx)

There will be more slides towards the beginning of the term, and more videos towards the middle and at the end, and we will finish off the semester with presentations of your Term Project.

It is generally best to watch the videos after you have looked at the slides and reading material(s).

Thanks—Tim Roufs

:
First-Day Handout
(syllabus):

Meet Your Professor
(WebPage)
slides: (.pptx)

Main Due Dates

General Course Information

Text Readings Schedule

Video Schedule

Slides Schedule

COURSE STRUCTURE
ANTH 3888 Anthropology of Food consists of three main segments:
	I	Orientation and Background
			Introduction
			Basic Concepts
			History
			Theory
			Methods and Techniques
	II	Explorations
			Comparative / Cross-Cultural
			Holistic (holism slides.pptx)
			Ethnographic Case Studies from the Real World: Real People . . . Real Places from Around the Globe
	III	Student Presentations on Term Research Project
A dditional General Course Information

The Course in a Nutshell

COURSE CONTENT
primarily comes from the following sources . . .

AF 1.0

"SUNDAY MEMO" for the week . . .

AF 2.0

VIDEO EXPLORATIONS . . .

AF 3.0

SLIDE PRESENTATIONS . . .

AF 4.0

READINGS for the week . . .

AF 5.0

OTHER ASSIGNMENT INFORMATION . . .

AF 6.0

MIDTERM AND FINAL EXAMS . . .

AF 7.0

RESEARCH PROJECT for the term . . . on a topic of your choice related to the course

AF 8.0

DISCUSSIONS . . . including your personal experiences

AF 9.0

(optional) FOR FUN TRIVIA . . .

AF 10.0

(optional) EXTRA CREDIT . . . on a topic of your choice related to the course

AF 11.0

OTHER (optional) . . .

IN-THE-NEWS . . .

Course Structure

PLEASE NOTE:

Both the Midterm Exam and Final Exam are open-book/open-notes essay exams.

So there should be very little work and effort spent on memorizing facts, other than, perhaps, where to go to find the information you are looking for.

More Information on Exams: Midterm / Final

A dditional General Course Information

Orientation
slides: (.pptx)

handout:
Anthropology and Its Parts

Have a look at the Main Characteristics of Anthropology full long slide deck (.pptx)
or have a look at the Main Characteristics in segments . . .

(NOTE: The full set is a long slide deck as it covers some very important background information that will be referred to often as we go through the semester. Please bear with it to the end. And it will take a little longer to load, so please bear with that also, or have a look at all of the various segments separately.)

WebPage Summary

Chart: "Anthropology and . . . It's Parts"

"Other Important Terms"
slides: (.pptx)
Units of Analysis
slides: (.pptx)
Three Major Perennial Debates
slides: (.pptx)

(NOTE: These are long slide sets as they cover more than 2000+ years. Please bear with it to the end. And it will take a little longer to load, so please bear with that also. Also see note on slide formats.)

Finding Information on Food of Different Countries and Cultures
slides: (.pptx)

Week 1 Reading Assignments
[click ↑ here]

Eating Culture, Second Edition, Gillian Crowther
- INTRODUCTION, "SETTING THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL TABLE"
- Glossary page through the Glossary on pp. 301-312 and familiarize yourelf with the terms

Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan

(Assignments start in Week 2)
The Language of Food, Dan Jurafsky

(Assignments start in Week 4)

Eating Culture: An Anthropological Guide to Food

Week 1 Video Explorations
[click ↑ here]

For Week's Activities see Canvas
These include items like Discussion (Forum) postings on timely issues, video evaluation feedback, Live Chats (for exam prep and project information), making up exam questions, Project information (on term Presentation and Term Paper), and (from time to time) other activities.

Week 1 For Fun: Trivia

What is longest word ever to appear in all of literature?

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Week 2

"Omnivorousness: Defining Food"

What's Happening Week 2? (Module 2) (.pdf)

Week 2

Have a look at these linked materials from the Week 1 Reading Assignment, and look at the slide materials.

Continue on in that same manner for all of the units that follow.

When reviewing these materials remember that the exams are open-book / open-notes exams.

Eating Culture, Part One: Edibility, Ch. 1, "Omnivorousness: Defining Food"

(The materials from Ch. 1 will be reviewed next Week in the Week 2 slide presentations)

Biocultural Framework for the Study of Diet and Nutrition: Introduction
[do not spend too much time on this slide set]

(.pptx)

TERMS:

Nutritional Status

(.pptx)

Biological Makeup (.pptx)

Human Nutritient Needs

(.pptx)

Diet (.pptx)

Cuisine (.pptx)

The Environments (.pptx)
- Physical
- Sociocultural
- Economic and Political

Students in the past have commented that there is TOO MUCH INFORMATION available on the class WebSites.

Yes, there is a lot of information, no doubt about it, and it can be confusing at first. It might be helpful to orient yourself from your HomePage. Most of the important information links are contained on that page.

Screenshot of Moodle Main and Side Panels

Have a look at the information on your class project, which you can find at
<http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anthfood/afproject.html#title>.

Your class project is a short presentation plus your term paper on your research

su2024 Wk 4 Informal Project Statement, or Project Proposal

(up to 20 points) due by Sunday, 30 June 2024

Have a look at . . .

Points for Forum Posts and Project Updates
and
compare these points with official UMD Grading Policies

Forums, Sample Answers / Responses w / Grades
Anth 3618 Ancient Middle America Forum Response Samples
Anth 3635 Peoples and Cultures of Europe Forum Response Samples

and if you have any questions about the points
or about grading in general . . . ask

Review: Main Characteristics of Anthropology

holism slides.pptx

Week 2 Reading Assignments
[click ↑ here]

Eating Culture, Second Edition, Gillian Crowther
- CHAPTER ONE: OMNIVOROUSNESS: CLASSIFYING FOOD

Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan
- Ch. 15 "The forager"
- Ch. 16 "The omnivore's dilemma"
- Ch. 17 "The ethics of eating animals"
(We're starting this book here, with Michael Pollan's discussion of "The forager" and "The ethics of eating animals" as next Week we begin having a closer look at hunting / gathering / foraging as a way people get their food in nonindustrialized societies)
The Language of Food, Dan Jurafsky
- (Assignments start in Week 4)

MyPlate (as of 2 June 2011 replaced MyPyramid which on 19 April 2005 replaced The Food Guide Pyramid)

WebPage

USDA Food Guide Pyramid (.pptx)
[updated in 2005, then replaced by MyPlate in 2011]

Federal Agencies Regulating Food (.pptx)

Week 2 Video Explorations
[click ↑ here]

Week 2 For Fun: Trivia

Week 2 First Question

What would Willie Nelson's Last Supper be?

One what?

Answer

Week 2 Second Question

What were the American frontiersman Kit Carson's Last Words?

This is the last picture of Carson, which was taken by photographer James Wallace Black two months before his death. The portrait was made around March 20, 1868 during Carson's visit to Boston with Ouray and Ute chiefs. The print is signed by Carson and is the largest extant photograph of him.

"This is the last picture of Carson, which was taken by photographer James Wallace Black two months before his death. The portrait was made around March 20, 1868 during Carson's visit to Boston with Ouray and Ute chiefs. The print is signed by Carson and is the largest extant photograph of him." -- Kit Carson, Wikipedia

Answer

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Week 3

"Settled Ingredients: Domestic Food Production"

Diet and Human Evolution
Prehistory of Food and Subsistence
Food in Historical Perspectives: Dietary Revolutions

What's Happening Week 3? (Module 3) (.pdf)

Week 3

s2024 Live Chat for Picking a Project Topic
Week 3, Tuesday, 23 January 2024, 7:00-8:00 CDT Sign in on .

These are optional. If you can not make them live e-mail or e-Zoom.

su2024 Wk 4 Informal Project Statement, or Project Proposal (up to 20 points) due by Sunday, 30 June 2024

From the Week 2 Reading Assignment

Eating Culture, Part Two: Ingredients , Ch. 2, "Settled Ingredients: Domestic Food Production"

Diet and Human Evolution: Introduction
[do not spend too much time on this slide set]

(.pptx)

Diets of Extinct Humans / Paleontology (.pptx)
- Teeth
- Skulls and Jaws
- The Postcranial Skeleton

If you want to have a closer look at the primate chart in the slides: "Prehistoric and Contemporary Primates "

Adaptation (.pptx)
Using Chemistry to Infer the Diets of Extinct Hominini (.pptx)
Our Place in Nature (.pptx)
A Brief Who's Who of the Early Hominines (.pptx)
What Did Early Hominines Eat? (.pptx)
What Can We Say About the Diets of Fossil Homo (.pptx)
Highlight: Lactose Intolerance (.pptx)
- Federal Agencies Regulating Food (.pptx)
- USDA Food Guide Pyramid (.pptx [updated in 2005, then replaced by MyPlate in 2011]

Review: Main Characteristics of Anthropology

holism slides.pptx

Week 3 Reading Assignments
[click ↑ here]

Eating Culture, Second Edition, Gillian Crowther
- CHAPTER TWO: SETTLED INGREDIENTS: DOMESTIC FOOD PRODUCTION

Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan
- Ch. 18 "Hunting: the meat"
- Ch. 19 "Gathering: the fungi"
- Ch. 20 "The perfect meal"
(We're continuing this book here, with Michael Pollan's discussion of Hunting and Gathering, and in Ch. 2 of Eating Culture we have a closer look at hunting / gathering /foraging as a way people get their food in nonindustrialized societies)
The Language of Food, Dan Jurafsky
- (Assignments start in Week 4)

Week 3 Video Explorations
[click ↑ here]

Week 3 For Fun: Trivia

Why, in Austria, is a Wiener schnitzel protected by law,
but a Weiner würst is not protected?

Wikimedia: Kobako

Answer

The human brain encodes what three factors in processing nouns?

the human brain

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to textbooks

Holidays Spring 2021

Week 6	Valentine's Day	14 February 2021
Week 6	Mardi Gras Ash Wednesday	16 February 2021 17 February 2021
Week 10	Pi Day	14 March (3, 1, 4) 2021
Week 14	Vaisakhi Festival (A Time for New Life) वैसाख	Monday, 14 April 2021
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su2024 Wk 4 Informal Project Statement, or Project Proposal

(up to 20 points) due by Sunday, 30 June 2024

su2024 Wk 4 Midterm Exam Submitted Question Due by Sunday, 23 June 2024

Early next week you can review the questions and my comments there, and use them as study questions

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Week 4

"Mobile Ingredients: Global Food Production"

What's Happening Week 4? (Module 4) (.pdf)

Week 4

s2024 Live Chat for Picking a Project Topic
Week 3, Tuesday, 23 January 2024, 7:00-8:00 CDT Sign in on .

These are optional. If you can not make them live e-mail or e-Zoom.

su2024 Wk 4 Informal Project Statement, or Project Proposal

(up to 20 points) due by Sunday, 30 June 2024

This Week . . .

read the Week 4 Memo

have a look at the video and video clips

read the assigned readings

peruse the WebPages (below)

catch up on your assignments

start thinking about reviewing for the Midterm Exam, and

work on your Project

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From the Week 3 Reading Assignment

Eating Culture, Part Two: Ingredients, Ch. 2, "Settled Ingredients: Domestic Food Production" (The materials from Ch. 2 is supplemented with the video Desert People, a classic film on one of the last gathering / foraging peoples discovered.)
	Hunter-Gathering / Foraging Demographic Issues of Foragers Social, Political, and Ideological Features of Foragers Diet and Health of Foragers Food Preferences of Foragers Nutrition and Health of Foragers Horticulture Social, Political, and Ideological Features of Horticulturalists Diet and Health of Horticulturalists Pastoralism Social, Political, and Ideological Features of Pastoralism Diet and Health of Pastoralists Intensive Agriculture Social, Political, and Ideological Features of Intensive Agriculture Contemporary Peasant Societies The Transition to Market Economies

"Hunter-Gathering or Foraging"

Hunting / Gathering / Foraging WebPage (optional resources)

"Horticulture" Horticulture WebPage (optional resources)

"Pastoralism"

Pastoralism WebPage (optional resources)

"Intensive Agriculture"

Early Agriculture WebPage (Optional Resource)
Factory Farms (Optional Resource)
Animal Rights (Optional Resource)
Food Ethics (Optional Resource)

Contemporary Peasant Societies

Review "Food in Historical Perspective: Dietary Revolutions"

Dietary Revolutions: Neolithic (.pptx)
Neolithic WebPage (optional resources)

Where Do Cuisines Come From?

Food WebPage (Optional Resource)
Cuisines of Individual Countries and Cultures WebPage (Optional Resource)

Neolithic grinding stone Prehistoric Iberia Spain \| Portugal	Prehistoric Maize Tehuacán, Mexico	Maize God Temple 22 A.D. 680-750 Copán, Honduras
Hunting seal on the Spring Ice [Research does not support the folk etymology of "Eskimo" as "eaters of raw meat"]		Neandertal Hunter
Girl with baby yak Nepal		Yak milking Tibet
Aztec Cacao Sculpture		Aztec Feast

Indians harvesting wild rice near Brainerd, 1905

Harvesting wild rice near Brainerd.
Photograph Collection, Postcard, 1905
Visual Resources Database
Minnesota Historical Society
Location No. E97.32W r9 Negative No. 38616

peruse:
"Extreme Cuisine"

Entomophagy WebPage
(optional resource)

Durian
video: Durian

peruse:
Anthropophagy
See this Week 's Forums

Notes:
Start Reviewing for the Midterm Exam

su2024 Wk 4 Informal Project Statement, or Project Proposal

(up to 20 points) due by Sunday, 30 June 2024

su2024 Wk 4 Midterm Exam Submitted Question Due by Sunday, 23 June 2024

Early next week you can review the questions and my comments there, and use them as study questions

Holidays Spring 2021

Week 6	Valentine's Day	14 February 2021
Week 6	Mardi Gras Ash Wednesday	16 February 2021 17 February 2021
Week 10	Pi Day	14 March (3, 1, 4) 2021
Week 14	Vaisakhi Festival (A Time for New Life) वैसाख	Monday, 14 April 2021
Weeks 11-13	Passover	sunset of Saturday, 27 March 2021, to nightfall of Sunday, 4 April 2021 (8 days)
Week 13	Easter (Western)	4 April 2021
Finals Week	Easter (Eastern)	2 May 2021

su2024 Wk 4 Midterm Exam Submitted Question Due by Sunday, 23 June 2024

Early next week you can review the questions and my comments there, and use them as study questions

Week 4 Reading Assignments
[click ↑ here]

Eating Culture, Second Edition, Gillian Crowther
- CHAPTER THREE: MOBILE INGREDIENTS: ROOTS, ROUTES, AND REALITIES OF INDUSTRIALIZED AGRICULTURE

Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan
- (Review)
The Language of Food, Dan Jurafsky
- "Introduction"
- Ch. 1 "How to Read a Menu"

Week 4 Video Explorations
[click ↑ here]

Week 4 For Fun: Trivia

How do you say "blueberry pie" in Ojibwa / Chippewa?

Woman and Blueberries.
Creator: Patrick DesJarlait (1912-1972)
Art Collection, Watercolor, 1971
Visual Resources Database
Minnesota Historical Society
Location No. AV1979.211 Negative No. 30610

Answer

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Week 5

"Cooks and Kitchens"

Hunter-Gathering or Foraging, and the Emergence of Food Production

Food and Religion

and Midterm Preparations

What's Happening Week 5? (Module 5) (.pdf)

Week 5

Review for the Midterm Exam

This week our initial focus is the
controlled comparison—

Chinese : Buddhism : Food
in China and Malaysia

On-line
in Taste of China, Part 2,"Food for Body and Spirit"
we have a look at
a Chinese Taoist temple
and Buddhist Slow Food
and Locavorism
which has a thousand year history . . .

In Taste of China, Part 2,"Food for Body and Spirit" we see
how food holds a part of Chinese culture together . . .

We see
how food tears apart a major segment of Chinese culture in Malaysia . . .
in the video
The Pig Commandments

See Week 5 Video Explorations

Week 5 Reading Assignments
[click ↑ here]

Eating Culture, Second Edition, Gillian Crowther
- CHAPTER FOUR: COOKS AND KITCHENS

Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan
- (Review)
The Language of Food, Dan Jurafsky
- Ch. 2 "Entrée"
- Ch. 3 "From Sikbāj to Fish and Chips"

Week 5 Video Explorations
[click ↑ here]

Week 5 For Fun: Trivia

If you had to eat a human, which body part should you pick first?

arm sandwich

Photo by Paul Garnier/via Getty Images and PBS

Answer

su2024 Wk 5 Project formal Promissory Abstract and Working Bibliography (up to 20 points) due by Sunday, 7 July 2024 (submit them together)

top of pageA-Z index

TR HomePage

Week 6

Midterm Exam
and after the exam . . .
"Recipes and Dishes"

What's Happening Week 6? (Module 6) (.pdf)

Happy Valentine's Day!

Heart

Week 6
Midterm Exam

Week 6

Midterm Exam

su2024 Wk 5 The LIVE CHAT for the Anthropology of Food Midterm Exam

will be Tuesday, 2 July 2024, 7:00-8:00 p.m.

su2024 Wks 4-5 the Anthropology of Food Midterm Exam will be available from 12:01 a.m. Thursday, 27 June 2024 to 11:59 p.m. (10:00 p.m. starting time), Wednesday, 03 July 2024

NOTE: There will be at least one question in the pool from each of the assigned videos from Weeks 1-5, so be sure not to miss watching them.

Video Listings: <https://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anthfood/afvideo_schedule.html#week01>

Complete information on the Midterm exam is available at
<http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anthfood/afexams_midterm.html#title>

su2024 Wk 5 Project formal Promissory Abstract and Working Bibliography (up to 20 points) due by Sunday, 7 July 2024 (submit them together)

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links to current weeks

holidays

spring break

study days

final exams

to textbooks

Holidays Spring 2021

Week 6	Valentine's Day	14 February 2021
Week 6	Mardi Gras Ash Wednesday	16 February 2021 17 February 2021
Week 10	Pi Day	14 March (3, 1, 4) 2021
Week 14	Vaisakhi Festival (A Time for New Life) वैसाख	Monday, 14 April 2021
Weeks 11-13	Passover	sunset of Saturday, 27 March 2021, to nightfall of Sunday, 4 April 2021 (8 days)
Week 13	Easter (Western)	4 April 2021
Finals Week	Easter (Eastern)	2 May 2021

Week 6 Reading Assignments
[click ↑ here]

Review for Midterm Exam

su2024 Wk 4 Midterm Exam Submitted Question Due by Sunday, 23 June 2024

Early next week you can review the questions and my comments there, and use them as study questions

su2024 Wks 4-5 the Anthropology of Food Midterm Exam will be available from 12:01 a.m. Thursday, 27 June 2024 to 11:59 p.m. (10:00 p.m. starting time), Wednesday, 03 July 2024

For after the Midterm Exam

Eating Culture, Second Edition, Gillian Crowther
- CHAPTER FIVE: RECIPES AND DISHES

Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan
- "Introduction: our national eating disorder"
- Ch. 1 "The plant: corn's conquest"
- Ch. 2 "The farm"
- Ch. 3 "The elevator"
- Ch. 4 "The feedlot: making meat"
(We're starting this book here, with Michael Pollan's discussion of "The forager" and "The ethics of eating animals" as next Week we begin having a closer look at hunting / gathering / foraging as a way people get their food in nonindustrialized societies)
The Language of Food, Dan Jurafsky
- (Review)

Week 6 Video Explorations
[click ↑ here]

Week 6 For Fun: Trivia

How many gallons of sap does it take to make one gallon of maple syrup?

Mrs. John Mink collecting maple sap, Mille Lacs, 1925

Mrs. John Mink collecting maple sap, Mille Lacs.
Creator: Kenneth M. Wright Studios
Photograph Collection, 1925
Visual Resources Database
Minnesota Historical Society
Location No. E97.32M p12 Negative No. 5000-A

Answer

What was the average consumption of potatoes per person in Ireland before the great potato famine of 1845?

Ireland Famine Memorial, Dublin

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Week 7

"Eating-In: Commensality and Gastro-Politics"

Midterm Exam Review

What's Happening Week 7? (Module 7) (.pdf)

Week 7

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links to current weeks

holidays

spring break

study days

final exams

to textbooks

Holidays Spring 2021

Week 6	Valentine's Day	14 February 2021
Week 6	Mardi Gras Ash Wednesday	16 February 2021 17 February 2021
Week 10	Pi Day	14 March (3, 1, 4) 2021
Week 14	Vaisakhi Festival (A Time for New Life) वैसाख	Monday, 14 April 2021
Weeks 11-13	Passover	sunset of Saturday, 27 March 2021, to nightfall of Sunday, 4 April 2021 (8 days)
Week 13	Easter (Western)	4 April 2021
Finals Week	Easter (Eastern)	2 May 2021

Week 7 Reading Assignments
[click ↑ here]

Eating Culture, Second Edition, Gillian Crowther
- CHAPTER SIX: EATING-IN: COMMENSALITY AND GASTRO-POLITICS

Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan
- Introduction: our national eating disorder
- Ch. 5 "The processing plant : making complex foods"
- Ch. 6 "The consumer: a republic of fat"
- Ch. 7 "The meal: fast food"
The Language of Food, Dan Jurafsky
- (Review)

Week 7 Video Explorations
[click ↑ here]

Week 7 For Fun: Trivia

In what region of Italy do Italians traditionally eat spaghetti with meatballs?

(It's tricky, like eating long spaghetti with a fork.)

Answer

A-Z index

Week 8

"Eating-Out and Gastronomy"

What's Happening Week 8? (Module 8) (.pdf)

Week 8

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links to current weeks

holidays

spring break

study days

final exams

to textbooks

Holidays Spring 2021

Week 6	Valentine's Day	14 February 2021
Week 6	Mardi Gras Ash Wednesday	16 February 2021 17 February 2021
Week 10	Pi Day	14 March (3, 1, 4) 2021
Week 14	Vaisakhi Festival (A Time for New Life) वैसाख	Monday, 14 April 2021
Weeks 11-13	Passover	sunset of Saturday, 27 March 2021, to nightfall of Sunday, 4 April 2021 (8 days)
Week 13	Easter (Western)	4 April 2021
Finals Week	Easter (Eastern)	2 May 2021

Week 8 Reading Assignments
[click ↑ here]

Eating Culture, Second Edition, Gillian Crowther
- CHAPTER SEVEN: EATING-OUT AND GASTRONOMY

Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan
- Ch. 8 "All flesh is grass"
- Ch. 9 "Big Organic"
- Ch. 10 "Grass: thirteen ways of looking at a pasture"
- Ch. 11 "The animals: practicing complexity"
The Language of Food, Dan Jurafsky
- (Review)

Week 8 Video Explorations
[click ↑ here]

Week 8 For Fun: Trivia

What do Italian biscotti (biscotti di Prado) and German zwiebach have in common?


German zwiebach *Wikipedia*		Italian biscotti *Wikipedia*

Answer

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A dditional General Course Information

Week 9

"Gastro-Anomie: Global Indigestion?"

Sign up for Your Class Presentation Time

What's Happening Week 9? (Module 9) (.pdf)

Week 9

Monday-Tuesay, 8-9 March 2021
Spring Break

Rescheduled by UMD

Obesity, Anorexia and Related Problems: An Introduction

"Starvation_2008 . . ."

"Dying to be thin"

UMD National Eating Disorders Week Poster.

National Eating Disorders Awareness Week

"After a short stay in America, Michelangelo's David
has been returned to Europe"

COURSE STRUCTURE
ANTH 3888 Anthropology of Food consists of three main segments:
	I	Orientation and Background
			Introduction
			Basic Concepts
			History
			Theory
			Methods and Techniques
	II	Explorations
			Comparative / Cross-Cultural
			Holistic (holism slides.pptx)
			Ethnographic Case Studies from the Real World: Real People . . . Real Places from Around the Globe
	III	Student Presentations on Term Research Project
A dditional General Course Information

The Course in a Nutshell

COURSE CONTENT
primarily comes from the following sources . . .

AF 1.0

"SUNDAY MEMO" for the week . . .

AF 2.0

VIDEO EXPLORATIONS . . .

AF 3.0

SLIDE PRESENTATIONS . . .

AF 4.0

READINGS for the week . . .

AF 5.0

OTHER ASSIGNMENT INFORMATION . . .

AF 6.0

MIDTERM AND FINAL EXAMS . . .

AF 7.0

RESEARCH PROJECT for the term . . . on a topic of your choice related to the course

AF 8.0

DISCUSSIONS . . . including your personal experiences

AF 9.0

(optional) FOR FUN TRIVIA . . .

AF 10.0

(optional) EXTRA CREDIT . . . on a topic of your choice related to the course

AF 11.0

OTHER (optional) . . .

IN-THE-NEWS . . .

Course Structure

PLEASE NOTE:

Both the Midterm Exam and Final Exam are open-book/open-notes essay exams.

So there should be very little work and effort spent on memorizing facts, other than, perhaps, where to go to find the information you are looking for.

More Information on Exams: Midterm / Final

Optional Activity
(this film qualifies for Extra Credit Film Review) video:

"Can We Make Food Good For All?"
(128 min., 6 October 2010)

Bina Agarwal

Nobel Conference 46 "Making Food Good"

Bina Agarwal Nobel Conference Page

view video on-line

captioned link
(Chrome suggested for viewing)

Hunger and Obesity in Global Perspective

What is Meant by Hunger and Malnutrition / Undernourishment?
- Nutritional Quality of Food
- Types of Undernutrition
- Micronutrient Malnutrition
- Measuring Protein–Energy Malnutrition (PEM)
What Are the Causes of Undernourishment and Malnutrition?
- The Factors Influencing Adequate Nutrition
  - Food Availability
Who Are the Hungry and Malnourished?
- Education
- Household Distribution
- Entitlements
- Food Sufficiency
  - The Factors in the Food Sufficiency Equation
    - Population
    - Food Production
    - Women in Agriculture
- Self-Sufficiency and National Food Security
Obesity / Overweight in Children
Projections for the Future?
Commercialization of Agriculture and Household Food Security of Small Farmers
- Land Distribution and Agrarian Reform
- Credit, Marketing, and Price Systems
- Agricultural Research and Extension
- Income
  - Alleviating Poverty and Redistributing Income
- Protecting Food Crop Production
- Land Tenure
- Health and Sanitation
- The Role of Biotechnology
Postscript: Legacy / Consequences of the Agricultural Revolution

Week 9 Reading Assignments
[click ↑ here]

Eating Culture, Second Edition, Gillian Crowther
- CHAPTER EIGHT: GLOBAL INDIGESTION: RESETTING THE AGENDA FOR FOOD SECURITY

Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan
- Ch. 12, "Slaughter: in a glass abattoir"
- Ch. 13, "The market: 'greetings from non-barcode people'"
- Ch. 14, "The meal: grass-fed"
The Language of Food, Dan Jurafsky

(Review)

Week 9 Video Explorations
[click ↑ here]

Week 9 For Fun: Trivia

Haagen-Dazs ice cream.

What does "Häagen-Dazs" mean?

"Happy Days"

"High Life"

"Danish Delight"

It's a Family Name

Absolutely Nothing

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Week 10

"Local Digestion: Making the Global at Home"
and
Soul Food Junkies
and
Booyah
and
The Two Fat Ladies

What's Happening Week 10? (Module 10) (.pdf)

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Week 10

Week 10 Reading Assignments
[click ↑ here]

Eating Culture, Second Edition, Gillian Crowther
- CHAPTER NINE: LOCAL DIGESTION: MAKING THE GLOBAL AT HOME

Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan
- (Review)
The Language of Food, Dan Jurafsky
- Ch. 4 "Ketchup, Cocktails, and Pirates"
- Ch. 5 "A Toast to Toast"

Week 10 Video Explorations
[click ↑ here]

Week 10 For Fun: Trivia

Is Former President Obama's Chili a Winner?

Answer

President Trump " . . . by all accounts, not all that interested in food"

Donald Trump Is The Fast-Food President -- David Jamieson, HuffPost (05 August 2017)

Donald Trump as foodie in chief -- Helena Bottemiller Evich, POLITICO (16 January 2017)

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Student Presentations

Your Presentation is due on-line

A-Z index

Primer on Presentations and Term Papers

Week 11

"Epilogue: Leftovers to Takeaway"

Primer on Presentations and Term Papers

The Language of Food

What's Happening Week 11? (Module 11) (.pdf)

Week 11

Have a look at the other Students' Presentations

Week 11 Reading Assignments
[click ↑ here]

Eating Culture, Second Edition, Gillian Crowther
- "EPILOGUE: LEFTOVERS TO TAKEAWAY"

Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan
- (Review)
The Language of Food, Dan Jurafsky
- Ch. 6 "Who Are You Calling a Turkey?"
- Ch. 7 "Sex, Drugs, and Sushi Rolls"

Week 11 Video Explorations
[click ↑ here]

Week 11 For Fun: Trivia

How much water does it take to grow a hamburger?

cheezeburger

Answer

How far do you have to run to burn off a burger?

cheezeburger

Answer

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Week 12

What's Happening Week 12? (Module 12) (.pdf)

Week 12

Week 12 Reading Assignments
[click ↑ here]

Eating Culture, Second Edition, Gillian Crowther
- (Review)

Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan
- (Review)
The Language of Food, Dan Jurafsky
- Ch. 8 "Potato Chips and the Nature of the Self"
- Ch. 9 "Salad, Salsa, and the Flour of Chivalry"

Week 12 Video Explorations
[click ↑ here]

Week 12 For Fun: Trivia

How big is a modern industrial fish trawler net compared to the UMD Administration Building?

Trawler in Skagen Harbor, northern Denmark.

Trawler in Skagen Harbor, northern Denmark.

Today is Friday, 19 April 2024, 04:27 (04:27 AM) CDT, day 110 of 2024

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Holidays Spring 2021

Week 6	Valentine's Day	14 February 2021
Week 6	Mardi Gras Ash Wednesday	16 February 2021 17 February 2021
Week 10	Pi Day	14 March (3, 1, 4) 2021
Week 14	Vaisakhi Festival (A Time for New Life) वैसाख	Monday, 14 April 2021
Weeks 11-13	Passover	sunset of Saturday, 27 March 2021, to nightfall of Sunday, 4 April 2021 (8 days)
Week 13	Easter (Western)	4 April 2021
Finals Week	Easter (Eastern)	2 May 2021

For Week's Activities see the "Syllabus" or "Calendar" in your Canvas Folder

These include items like Forum postings on timely issues, video evaluation feedback, Live Chats (for exam prep and project information), making up exam questions, Project information (on term Presentation and Term Paper), and (from time to time) other activities,

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Week 13

Term Paper Writing Review

What's Happening Week 13? (Module 13) (.pdf)

Week 13

Week 13

Term Paper Review

s2024 Wk 13 (optional) Extra Credit Paper(s) due by Sunday, 14 April 2024

AVISO: Late Extra Credit Papers will not be accepted unless (1) arrangements for an alternate date have been arranged in advance, or (2) medical emergencies or similar extraordinary unexpected circumstances make it unfeasible to turn in the assignment by the announced due date. Why?

NOTE: The Gradebook entry for Extra Credit requires that “out of zero” be used when setting up an Extra Credit assignment.

catch up / review / preview

Today is Friday, 19 April 2024, 04:27 (04:27 AM) CDT, day 110 of 2024

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Week 13 Reading Assignments
[click ↑ here]

Eating Culture, Second Edition, Gillian Crowther
- (Review)

Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan
- (Review)
The Language of Food, Dan Jurafsky
- Ch. 10 "Macaroon, Macaron, Macaroni"
- Ch. 11 "Sherbet, Fireworks, and Mint Juleps"

Week 13 Video Explorations
[click ↑ here]

Week 13 For Fun: Trivia

Are you really what you eat?

You are what you eat

s2024 Wk 14 Final Exam Submitted Question due by 11:59 p.m. Sunday, 21 April 2024.

s2024 Wk 14 Term Paper

(up to 400 points) due by Sunday, 21 April 2024.

AVISO: Late Term Papers will not be accepted unless (1) arrangements for an alternate date have been arranged in advance, or (2) medical emergencies or similar extraordinary unexpected circumstances make it unfeasible to turn in the assignment by the announced due date. Why?

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Week 14

Student Presentations

FRESH

In Organic We Trust

What's Happening Week 14? (Module 14) (.pdf)

Week 14

Student Presentations

The EU Chocolate Wars: A Run-up to Scaling
(time permitting)
(.pptx)

chocolate

s2024 Wk 14 Final Exam Submitted Question due by 11:59 p.m. Sunday, 21 April 2024.

s2024 Wk 14 Term Paper

Week 14 Reading Assignments
[click ↑ here]

Eating Culture, Second Edition, Gillian Crowther
- (Review)

Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan
- Ch. 12, "Slaughter: in a glass abattoir"
- Ch. 13, "The market: 'greetings from non-barcode people'"
- Ch. 14, "The meal: grass-fed"
The Language of Food, Dan Jurafsky
- (Review)

Review for Final Exam

Week 14 Video Explorations
[click ↑ here]

Week 14 For Fun: Trivia

tba

Answer

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s2024 Final Evaluation due on-line by the last day of the term, Friday, 3 May 2024.

su2024 Final Evaluation due on-line by the last day of the term, Friday, 26 July 2024.

Week 15

The End . . . and The Future

Focus: Wrapping it All Up

Student Presentations

Course Evaluations

Summary / Review
Final Exam Notes

The Future of Food

What's Happening Week 15? (Module 15) (.pdf)

Week 15

Lady Justice (Iustitia, the Roman Goddess of Justice).

Course Evaluation

On-line from IT

The on-line evaluation form will be made available by the folks at IT.

Your answers will remain confidential and only aggregate information from the entire class will be passed onto the faculty member.

If you encounter any problems accessing the evaluation, please contact the IT folks at the e-mail address given on the evaluation

"UMD Student Online Evaluation - ANTH 3888- (Professor Roufs) Anthropology of Food"

Please click on the link which will be provided

Thanks,

Tim Roufs

REM: Student Presentations

s2024 Wk 16 The LIVE CHAT for the Anthropology of Food Final Exam will be Tuesday, 30 April 2024, 7:00-8:00 p.m.

s2024 Wk 16 The Anthropology of Food Final Exam will be available from 12:01 a.m. Monday, 29 April 2024, until 11:59 p.m., Friday, 3 May 2024.

NOTE: There will be at least one question in the pool from each of the assigned videos from Weeks 5-15, so be sure not to miss watching them.

Video Listings: <https://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anthfood/afvideo_schedule.html#week06>

s2024 Final Evaluation due on-line by the last day of the term, Friday, 3 May 2024.

su2024 Final Evaluation due on-line by the last day of the term, Friday, 26 July 2024.

Week 15 Reading Assignments
[click ↑ here]

Eating Culture, Second Edition, Gillian Crowther
- (Review)

Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan
- (Review)
The Language of Food, Dan Jurafsky
- Ch. 12 "Does This Name Make Me Sound Fat? Why Ice Cream and Crackers Have Different Names"
- Ch. 13 "Why the Chinese Don't Have Dessert"
- "Epilogue"

Week 15 Video Explorations
[click ↑ here]

Week 15 For Fun: Trivia

How many pounds of anchovies
does it take to produce one pound of fish-farmed salmon?

Still Life with Anchovies, 1972
Antonio Sicurezza
Wikipedia

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What can I do with a degree in Anthropology?

s2024 Final Evaluation due on-line by the last day of the term, Friday, 3 May 2024.

su2024 Final Evaluation due on-line by the last day of the term, Friday, 26 July 2024.

Week 16

Final Exam Week

What's Happening Week 16? (Module 16) (.pdf)

What's Happening Final Exam Week? (Module 17) (.pdf)

End of Term Memo

s2024 Wk 16 The LIVE CHAT for the Anthropology of Food Final Exam will be Tuesday, 30 April 2024, 7:00-8:00 p.m.

s2024 Wk 16 The Anthropology of Food Final Exam will be available from 12:01 a.m. Monday, 29 April 2024, until 11:59 p.m., Friday, 3 May 2024.

s2024 Final Evaluation due on-line by the last day of the term, Friday, 3 May 2024.

su2024 Final Evaluation due on-line by the last day of the term, Friday, 26 July 2024.

Week 16 Reading Assignments
[click ↑ here]

Review for Final Exam

Week 16 Video Explorations
[click ↑ here]

Week 16 For Fun: Trivia

tba

Answer

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University of Minnesota Duluth Student Academic Integrity Policy
<http://www.d.umn.edu/conduct/integrity/Academic_Integrity_Policy.htm>

UMD Office of Student and Community Standards
<http://www.d.umn.edu/conduct/>

"Academic dishonesty tarnishes UMD's reputation and discredits the accomplishments of students. UMD is committed to providing students every possible opportunity to grow in mind and spirit. This pledge can only be redeemed in an environment of trust, honesty, and fairness. As a result, academic dishonesty is regarded as a serious offense by all members of the academic community. In keeping with this ideal, this course will adhere to UMD's Student Academic Integrity Policy, which can be found at [http://www.d.umn.edu/conduct/integrity/Academic_Integrity_Policy.htm]. This policy sanctions students engaging in academic dishonesty with penalties up to and including expulsion from the university for repeat offenders." — UMD Educational Policy Committee, Jill Jensen, Chair (08/16/2007)

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The instructor will enforce and students are expected to follow the University's Student Conduct Code [http://www1.umn.edu/regents/policies/academic/Student_Conduct_Code.html]. Appropriate classroom conduct promotes an environment of academic achievement and integrity. Disruptive classroom behavior that substantially or repeatedly interrupts either the instructor's ability to teach, or student learning, is prohibited. Disruptive behavior includes inappropriate use of technology in the classroom. Examples include ringing cell phones, text-messaging, watching videos, playing computer games, doing email, or surfing the Internet on your computer instead of note-taking or other instructor-sanctioned activities." — UMD Educational Policy Committee, Jill Jensen, Chair (08/16/2007)

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A Note on Extra Credit Papers

Failure to comply with the above codes and standards when submitting an Extra Credit paper will result in a penalty commensurate with the lapse, up to and including an F final grade for the course, and, at a minimum, a reduction in total points no fewer than the points available for the Extra Credit project. The penalty will not simply be a zero for the project, and the incident will be reported to the UMD Academic Integrity Officer in the Office of Student and Community Standards.

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(EVEN IF you have a citation to the source somewhere in your paper)

If you use others' words and/or works you MUST so indicate that with the use of quotation marks. Failure to use quotation marks to indicate that the materials are not of your authorship constitutes plagiarism—even if you have a citation to the source elsewhere in your paper/work.

Patterned failure to so indicate that the materials are not of your own authorship will result in an F grade for the course.

Other instances of improper attribution will result in a 0 (zero) for the assignment (or a reduction in points equal to the value of an Extra Credit paper), and a reduction of one grade in the final grade of the course.

All incidents will be reported to the UMD Academic Integrity Officer in the Office of Student and Community Standards as is required by University Policy.

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