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Anthropology of Food
University of Minnesota Duluth
88358 -001, (05/19/2014 - 08/01/2014),  Roufs,Tim, 3 credits, On-line Instruction
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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handout:
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(syllabus)

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

 Main Due Dates


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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



Will Allen, Growing Power.


TAPS Magazine, Winter 2012 cover


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

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

 

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Top people in the world are into Food . . .

Will Allen, Growing Power.

Will Allen, Growing Power.
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

Time Magazine top 100, 2010.
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

Time Magazine top 100, 2010.

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TEXTBOOKS

textbooks for the course
general textbook information


The Cultural Feast.

Omnivore's Dilemma text.

Carol A. Bryant, Kathleen M. DeWalt, Anita Courtney and Jeffrey Schwartz.
Michael Pollan.
The Cultural Feast: An Introduction to Food and Society, 2nd Edition. The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals.

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.

Belmont, CA: Thompson Wadsworth, 2003.
432 pages
ISBN-10: 0534525822
ISBN-13: 978-0534525828
NY: Penguin, 2007.
464 pages
ISBN-10: 0143038583
ISBN-13: 978-0143038580
The course anchor text, The Cultural Feast: An Introduction to Food and Society, 2nd Edition, is currently available on-line new from about $80.00-$146.66 [this is correct--it pays to comparison shop!], $55.00 used, and $58.48 to rent from Amazon.com (+ p/h, and at amazon.com you get FREE Super Saver Shipping on some orders). (20 April 2014)

The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (2007) is currently available online from about $7.00 new / $0.39 used. (+ p/h, at amazon.com & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25). (20 April 2014)

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.

Textbooks are available from these sources . . .

Optional Recommended Companion to the Marcus Samuelsson Film Series that we will see:

The Meaning of Food.
Patricia Harris, David Lyon, and Sue McLaughlin.
The Meaning of Food: The Companion to the PBS Television Series Hosted by Marcus Samuelsson.
Guilford, CT: Globe Pequot, 2005.
176 pages
ISBN-10: 1615609210
ISBN-13: 978-1615609215
The Meaning of Food: The Companion to the PBS Television Series Hosted by Marcus Samuelsson is currently available online from about $5.52 new / $1.80 used. (+ p/h). (20 April 2014)

[This is also listed on Amazon.com for a muchhigher price. Be careful, if you use Amazon.com, to get on the correct page. See note below.)

The Meaning of Food is not available at the UMD Bookstore
Textbooks are available from these sources . . .
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Red Lake Fishermen, Patrick Des Jarlait, 1961 Indian Sugar Camp, Seth Eastman, ca. 1850
Red Lake Fishermen, Patrick Des Jarlait, 1961
Indian Sugar Camp, Seth Eastman, ca. 1850
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Today is Monday, 18 March 2024, 21:15 (09:15 PM) CDT, day 078 of 2024

For Unit 1 Activities see Moodle

Unit 1—Introduction to Anthropology / Orientation to the Course

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Welcome Memo
  Unit 1 Memo


Just Checking In

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

There will be more slides towards the beginning of the term, and more videos towards the middle and at the end.

The .pdf .pptx slide materials closely follow The Cultural Feast textbook. Some folks like to look at the slides before they read the assigned materials, some prefer to read the text(s) first. Either way is fine.

 The Cultural Feast.

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

 

*A note on the slide formats: Since at this point we do not know what software you are using on your computer, we offer the slides in two formats. We recommend you first try "(.pdf)" pdf logo.png, the “Portable Document Format” that is the open standard for document exchange. If you have problems with that format, please try "(.pptx)" pptx icon.jpg, Office PowerPoint 2007. It is unlikely that you will have problems with both of them, but if you do, please let us know: troufs@d.umn.edu. When the materials are on your screen they should be running as a slide show. If you want or need to upgrade your software, you can download the latest PowerPoint viewer free, as well as download the latest Adobe .pdf Reader free.

Thanks—Tim Roufs

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handout:
 On-Line First-Day Handout
(syllabus)

Meet Your Professor
(WebPage)
slides: (.pdf) (.pptx)
(Download PowerPoint Viewer Free) (Download Adobe .pdf Reader Free)
[see note on slide formats]

 Main Due Dates


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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


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

    ~
    Introduction
    slides: (.pdf) (.pptx)
    (Download PowerPoint Viewer Free) (Download Adobe .pdf Reader Free)
    [see note on slide formats]
    ~
    Orientation
    slides: (.pdf) (.pptx)
    (Download PowerPoint Viewer Free) (Download Adobe .pdf Reader Free)
    [see note on slide formats]
    ~
    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.)

        1. the four fields of anthropology (.pptx)

        2. culture as a primary concept (.pptx)

          • How about a little game of Jeopardy? (.pptx)

        3. comparative method as major approach (.pptx)

        4. holism as a primary theoretical goal (holism slides .pptx)

          • Anthropology and its Parts Chart (.pptx)

        5. fieldwork as a primary research technique (.pptx)
    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: (.pdf) (.pptx)
    (Download PowerPoint Viewer Free) (Download Adobe .pdf Reader Free)
    [see note on slide formats]
    For Unit 1 Activities see Moodle
    Unit 1 Reading Assignment

    The Cultural Feast.

    For Unit 1 Activities see Moodle
    Unit 1 Video Explorations

    Topic 1 has no Video Explorations
    For Unit 1 Activities see Moodle

    Topic 1 For Fun: Food Trivia

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

    Answer

    For Unit 1 Activities see Moodle

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    Holidays Summer 2014
    Week 2 Memorial Day 25 May 2015
    Week 7 Independence Day
    4 July 2015

    For Unit 2 Activities see Moodle

    Unit 2—"Setting the Table for a Cultural Feast"
    "Biocultural and Nutritional Needs"

    envelope
    Unit 2 Memo



    Have a look at these linked materials from the Unit 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.

     The Cultural Feast.

    For Unit 2 Activities see Moodle


    Students in the past have commented that there is TOO MUCH INFORMATION available on the class Moodle and supporting WebSites. Yes, there is a lot of information, no doubt about it, and it can be confusing at first. It’s helpful when starting out to remember that the required information for the course is contained in the middle panel of your Moodle HomePage. The information in the sidebars and many of the links are just there should you find those interesting and/or helpful.

    Screenshot of Moodle Main and Side Panels

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    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

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

    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
    ~

    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
    For Unit 2 Activities see Moodle
    Unit 2 Video Explorations

    The Meaning of Food: "Food & Life"
    (ca. 60 min., CC, 2007, UM Duluth Library Multimedia GT2853.U5 M43 2005 DVD)
    film HomePage
    course viewing guide


    view streaming video

    (double click on QuickTime© window)
    (pursuant to licensing agreements streaming videos are not available outside of Moodle)

    The Meaning of Food book.

    Marcus Samuelsson, host of The Meaning of Food and Executive Chef of Aquavit and Riingo.
    Marcus Samuelsson
    The Meaning of Food Video.
    For Unit 2 Activities see Moodle
    Unit 2 Reading Assignment

    • The Cultural Feast, Ch. 2, "Diet and Human Evolution"

      (The materials from Ch. 2 will be reviewed in the Unit 3 slide presentations)
    (.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]

    The Cultural Feast.

    • Omnivore's Dilemma

      • 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 Unit we begin having a closer look at hunting / gathering / foraging as a way people get their food in nonindustrialized societies)

    Omnivore's Dilemma text.


     

    Neolithic grindstone for processing grain.

    Neolithic grinding stone
    Prehistoric Iberia

    Spain | Portugal


    handout: "Archaeological Sequence from Tehuacán, Mexico"

     Tehuacan maize.

     

    MyPlate
    New USDA food pyramid.
    Old USDA food pyramid.

    Nutrition label.


    • (optional recommended) OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS have a look at The Meaning of Food, pp. 1-59
      The materials from The Meaning of Food, pp. 1-59 are reviewed in the the video The Meaning of Food: "Food & Life" seen in the Unit 2 video feature.

    The Meaning of Food book.

    For Unit 2 Activities see Moodle

    Topic 2 For Fun: Food Trivia

    What would Willie Nelson's Last Supper be?

    One what?

    Answer

    Willie Nelson

    For Unit 2 Activities see Moodle

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    For Unit 3 Activities see Moodle
    Unit 3—Back to Earlier Times

    Ch. 2—"Diet and Human Evolution": Archeology / Prehistory of Food and Subsistence
    Ch. 3—"Food in Historical Perspectives: Dietary Revolutions"
    envelope
    Unit 3 Memo

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

    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 Unit 2 Reading Assignment
    (.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]

     The Cultural Feast.

    ~
    Review: Main Characteristics of Anthropology
    For Unit 3 Activities see Moodle
    Unit 3 Video Explorations

    Did Cooking Make Us Human?
    (52 min., 2010, New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group)

     BBC News film HomePage:
     Did the discovery of cooking make us human?
    -- BBCNews (02 March 2010)

      Did Cooking Make Us Human? information from SBS Documentary
     
     UMD on-line access

    (pursuant to licensing agreements UMD streaming videos are not available outside of UMD)

    Video: Did Cooking Make Us Human?  BBC Horizon program.

      youku link
     view streaming video (youku)
      DocumentaryTube Link
     WatchDocumentary
     YouTube

      Video: Did Cooking Make Us Human?  BBC Horizon program.

     Class Cooking Page

     Prehistoric Cultures Class Fire Page


    Holy Cow
    (60 min., 2004, UM Duluth Library Multimedia SF195 .H65 2004 DVD)
    film HomePage
    course viewing guide

    view streaming video
    (double click on QuickTime© window)
    (pursuant to licensing agreements streaming videos are not available outside of Moodle)

    or view on-line at Nature WebSite
    Nature

    Holy Cow.

    News Item: Cows Are Key to 2,500 Years of Human Progress
    -- Guardian (04 April 2010)

    For Unit 3 Activities see Moodle
    Unit 3 Reading Assignment

    The Cultural Feast, Ch. 3, "Food in Historical Perspective: Dietary Revolutions"

    The Cultural Feast.

    • The Neolithic "Agricultural" Revolution (.pptx)
      • Domestication (.pptx)
        • Tehuacán Valley, Mexico (.pptx)
      • A Protein Primer (.pptx)
      • Nutritional Consequences: Foragers and Agriculturalists (.pptx)
      • Social and Political Consequences of the Agricultural Revolution (.pptx)
    • The Search for Spices (.pptx)
    • The Industrial Revolution (.pptx)
    • Early Technology: Transportation, Refrigeration, Canning (.pptx)
    • The Scientific Revolution (.pptx)
    • Modern-Day Adaptations (.pptx)
    • Highlight: Vegetarian Diets: Then and Now

    MyPlate (as of 02 June 2011) replaced MyPyramid which on 19 April 2005 replaced The Food Guide Pyramid)

    MyPlate
    New USDA food pyramid.
    Old USDA food pyramid.


    Omnivore's Dilemma
    • Ch. 18 "Hunting: the meat"
    • Ch. 19 "Gathering: the fungi"
    • Ch. 20 "The perfect meal"

    Omnivore's Dilemma text.

    We're continuing this book here, with Michael Pollan's discussion of Hunting and Gathering, and in Ch. 5 of The Cultural Feast we have a closer look at hunting / gathering /foraging as a way people get their food in nonindustrialized societies.

    Chapter 5 of The Cultural Feast, focuses on "Food Technologies: How People Get Their Food in Nonindustrial Societies."

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    For Fun

    Food Trivia


    The human brain encodes what three factors in processing nouns?

    Answer



    Topic 3 For Fun: Food Trivia

    The human brain encodes what three factors in processing nouns?

    Answer

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    Unit 4—"Eating Is a Cultural Affair"

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    The Cultural Feast.

    This Unit . . .

    1. read the Unit 4 Memo
    2. have a look at the video and video clips
    3. read the assigned readings
    4. peruse the two WebPages (below)
    5. catch up on your assignments
    6. start thinking about reviewing for the Midterm Exam, and
    7. work on your Project

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    Ketchup
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    peruse:
    "Extreme Cuisine"

    Entomophagy WebPage
    (optional resource)

    Durian.

    Durian

    video: Durian
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     Anthropophagy

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    Start Reviewing for the Midterm Exam at the End of Unit 5
    For Unit 4 Activities see Moodle
    Unit 4 Video Explorations

    video:

    The Meaning of Food: "Food & Culture"
    (ca. 60 min., CC, 2007, UM Duluth Library Multimedia GT2853.U5 M43 2005 DVD)
    course viewing guide

    view streaming video

    (double click on QuickTime© window)
    (pursuant to licensing agreements streaming videos are not available outside of Moodle)

    The Meaning of Food book.


    view video clip::
    "Eating Insects"
    (U.S.A, California)

    Animated bug.

    -- National Geographic News
    (3:34, 2008, on-line)


    Special Offer
    for Students Enrolled in Anthropology of Food 3888

    Hotlix Scorpion Sucker.

    view video clip:
    "Eating Rat at the New Year"
    video clip
    -- National Geographic News
    (2:51, 2008, on-line)


    Eating rat, Vietnam.

    "Eating Rat at the New Year"
    Vietnam

    other video clips are available from National Geographic:
    National Geographic Film Clips and related dishes
    (optional resource)
    For Unit 4 Activities see Moodle
    Unit 4 Reading Assignment

    The Cultural Feast, Ch. 4, "Eating Is a Cultural Affair"

     
    • Some Definitions
    • Culture as a Mechanism for Responding to the Environment
    • Culture Is Learned
    • Culture as a Guide for Behavior
    • Culture Is Expressed Throguh Behavior and Artifacts
    • Culture as a Functionally Integrated System
    • Intracultural Variation
    • Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativity
    • Implications for Health Care Professionals
    • Summary
    • Highlight: Body Image and Health
     The Cultural Feast.

    • (optional recommended) The Meaning of Food, pp. 60-82


      (The materials from The Meaning of Food pp. 60-105 will be reviewed next Unit in the video The Meaning of Food: "Food & Culture")

     The Meaning of Food book.

     Marcus Samuelsson

    For Unit 4 Activities see Moodle

    Topic 4 For Fun: Food Trivia

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

      Answer

    Woman and Blueberries, Parick DesJarlait, 1971

    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

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    Unit 5—"Food Technologies:
    How People get their Food in Nonindustrialized Societies"

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    Memo: Live Chat / Midterm Exam

    From the Unit 5 Reading Assignment

    The Cultural Feast, Ch. 5, "Food Technologies How People Get Their Food in Nonindustrialized Societies"

    (The materials from Ch. 5 is supplemented with the video Desert People, a classic film on one of the last gathering / foraging peoples discovered.)

     
    • 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
    • Where Do Cuisines Come From?
    • Summary
    • Highlight: Farming Strategies in the Andean Region of Ecuador
     The Cultural Feast.


    Tehuacan maize.
    Maize god.
    Maize God
    Temple 22
    A.D. 680-750
    Copán, Honduras
    Netsilik man hunting.
    Hunting seal on the Spring Ice


    [Research does not support the folk etymology of "Eskimo" as "eaters of raw meat"]

    Neandertal hunter.

    Neandertal Hunter
    Nepal girl with yak_100.
    Girl with baby yak
    Nepal
     
    Nepal girl with yak_100.
    Yak milking

    Tibet
    Aztec statuary of a male figure holding a cacao pod.
    Aztec Cacao Sculpture
     
    Azted feast.
    Aztec Feast
     
    Indians harvesting wild rice near Brainerd, 1905

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

    "Foraging"
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    "Horticulture"
     Horticulture WebPage (optional resources)
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    "Pastoralism"

    Pastoralism WebPage (optional resources)
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    "Intensive Agriculture"

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    Contemporary Peasant Societies
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    Where Do Cuisines Come From?

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    Review "Food in Historical Perspective: Dietary Revolutions"

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    For Unit 5 Activities see Moodle
    Unit 5 Video Explorations


    The Desert People
    (51 min., 1965, VC 1094)

    course viewing guide

    view on-line

    Desert People, boy eating
     
    Desert People, boy eating lizzard.
    Eating a "grub worm"
    video: Desert People
    Australia
     
    Eating a lizard
    Australia
    If you liked the film, you might also enjoy . . .
    The Paleo Diet book
    The Paleo Diet book
    see also
     Prehistoric Diets WebPage
    and

    related slides:


    Review

    (.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]

    Nutritional Consequences: Foragers and Agriculturalists
    (.pdf) (.pptx)
    based on The Cultural Feast: An Introduction to Food and Society, Second Edition.
    Bryant, Carol A., Kathleen M. DeWalt, Anita Courtney, and Jeffery Schwartz.
    (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thompson, 2003).

    For Unit 5 Activities see Moodle
    Unit 5 Reading Assignment

    The Cultural Feast, Ch. 5, "Food Technologies How People Get Their Food in Nonindustrialized Societies"

    (The materials from Ch. 5 is supplemented with the video Desert People, a classic film on one of the last gathering / foraging peoples discovered.)

     
    • 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
    • Where Do Cuisines Come From?
    • Summary
    • Highlight: Farming Strategies in the Andean Region of Ecuador
     The Cultural Feast.

    • (optional recommended) The Meaning of Food, pp. 83-105

      (The materials from The Meaning of Food pp. 60-105 will be reviewed this Unit in the the video The Meaning of Food: "Food & Culture")

    The Meaning of Food book.

     

    For Unit 5 Activities see Moodle
    © 1998-2024 Timothy G. Roufs — All rights reserved

    Topic 5 For Fun: Food 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

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    From the Unit 6 Reading Assignment

    For this Unit pay special attention to the materials in the Videos.

    Ch. 6, "Food Technologies How People Get Their Food in Industrialized Societies," pp. 157-189

     
     The Cultural Feast.
    For Unit 6 Activities see Moodle
    Unit 6 Video Explorations


    video--International Focus:

    We Feed the World
    (96 min., CC, 2005, DVD 1330)

    film HomePage
    course viewing guide


    view streaming video

    (double click on QuickTime© window)
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    We feed the world -- Google Videos

    Picture from We Feed the World.


    Picture from We Feed the World.
    Picture from We Feed the World.
    Picture from We Feed the World.



    Optional, for Extra Credit:

    video--International Focus:

    Our Daily Bread
    (92 min., CC, but almost without dialogue, 2005, DVD 1988)

    film HomePage
    course viewing guide

    view streaming video
    (double click on QuickTime© window)
    (pursuant to licensing agreements streaming videos are not available outside of Moodle)

    Our Daily Bread-- Wikipedia

    also available from Goodle Videos

    Our Daily Bread film poster.

    For its real impact, watch Our Daily Bread on a large screen.

    Our Daily Bread
    has almost no dialogue.


    From one reviewer: It's "The 2001: A Space Odyssey of modern food production." -- The Nation



    video:


    FRESH
    (90 min., CC, 2009, UM Duluth Library Reserve Media HD9000.5 .F7474 2009 DVD)
    film HomePage
    course viewing guide

    view streaming video

    (double click on QuickTime© window)
    (pursuant to licensing agreements streaming videos are not available outside of Moodle)

    FRESH poster.

    Optional, for Extra Credit:

    video:


    Food Inc.
    (93 min., 2009, UM Duluth Library Multimedia HD9005 .F66 2009 DVD)

    film HomePage
    course viewing guide


    view streaming video

    (double click on QuickTime© window)
    (pursuant to licensing agreements streaming videos are not available outside of Moodle)

    Picture from We Feed the World.


    Optional, for Extra Credit:

    video:

    American Meat

    View Online
    from UMD Library streaming video

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    (pursuant to licensing agreements streaming videos are not available outside of Moodle)

    (85 min., 2011, UM Duluth Library Multimedia BJ52.5 .A44 2011 DVD)
    (UM Duluth Library Multimedia Guide BJ52.5 .A44 2011 DVD)


    For Unit 6 Activities see Moodle
    Unit 6 Reading Assignment

    The Cultural Feast

     The Cultural Feast.


    Omnivore's Dilemma

    • "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"

    Omnivore's Dilemma text.

    For Unit 6 Activities see Moodle

    Topic 6 For Fun: Food Trivia

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

    Famine Memorial, Dublin, Ireland
    Famine Memorial, Dublin, Ireland

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    How People Get their Food in Industrialized Countries" II

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    From the Unit 7 Reading Assignment

    Ch. 7, "Food and Social Organization," pp. 190-220

     
    • Food as a Means of Solidifying Social Ties
      • Kinship and Family Alliances
      • Building Relationships with Neighbors and Friends
    • Food as a Means of Strengthening Economic and Political Alliances
      • Trade
      • Food as a Gift
      • Political Alliances
    • Food and Social Status
      • Food and Gender
      • Food and Socioeconomic Position
      • Food as a Symbol of Prestige
    • Summary
    • Food and the Life Cycle
     The Cultural Feast.
    For Unit 7 Activities see Moodle
    Unit 7 Video Explorations

    videos--United States Focus:

    King Corn: You are What You Eat
    (approx. 90 min., 1970, SB191.M2 K56 2010 DVD [DVD 1641], 2008)

    film homepage

    Independent lens King Corn page

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    "Fueled by curiosity and a dash of naiveté, college buddies Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis return to their ancestral home of Greene, Iowa, to find out how the modest corn kernel conquered America. With the help of real farmers, powerful fertilizer, government aid, and genetically modified seeds, the friends manage to grow one acre of corn. Along the way, they unlock the hidden truths about America’s modern food system."

    Big River: A King Corn Companion
    (27 min., SB191.M2 K56 2010 DVD, 2010)

    view View Online
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    If you are off-campus use Virtual Private Network (VPN) connection)
    (pursuant to licensing agreements streaming videos are not available outside of Moodle)

    "Following up on their Peabody winning documentary, the King Corn boys are back.  For Big River, best friends Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis have returned to Iowa with a new mission: to investigate the environmental impact their acre of corn has sent to the people and places downstream.  In a journey that spans from the heartland to the Gulf of Mexico, Ian and Curt trade their combine for a canoe––and set out to see the big world their little acre of corn has touched.  On their trip, flashbacks to the pesticides they sprayed, the fertilizers they injected, and the soil they plowed now lead to new questions, explored by new experts in new places.  Half of Iowa’s topsoil, they learn, has been washed out to sea.  Fertilizer runoff has spawned a hypoxic “dead zone” in the Gulf.  And back at their acre, the herbicides they used are blamed for a cancer cluster that reaches all too close to home."

    King Corn Movie Poster
     
    King Corn Movie Poster

    video--United States Focus:

    Food Fight
    (Educational Edition is 48 min.)
    (73 min., 2009, UM Duluth Library Multimedia HD1761 .F66 2008 DVD)
    film homepage

    Course Viewing Guide

    view streaming video

    (double click on QuickTime© window)
    (pursuant to licensing agreements streaming videos are not available outside of Moodle)

    Food Flight -- SnagFilms

    Food Fight film.

    For Unit 7 Activities see Moodle
    Unit 7 Reading Assignment

    for review during Units 8 ff.

    The Cultural Feast

    • Ch. 7, "Food and Social Organization," pp. 190-220

      • Food as a Means of Solidifying Social Ties
        • Kinship and Family Alliances
        • Building Relationships with Neighbors and Friends
      • Food as a Means of Strengthening Economic and Political Alliances
        • Trade
        • Food as a Gift
        • Political Alliances
      • Food and Social Status
        • Food and Gender
        • Food and Socioeconomic Position
        • Food as a Symbol of Prestige
      • Summary
      • Food and the Life Cycle

     The Cultural Feast.

    (optional recommended) The Meaning of Food, pp. 106-122

    The materials from The Meaning of Food pp. 106-157 will be reviewed next Unit in the the video The Meaning of Food: "Food & Family."

     The Meaning of Food book.

    • Omnivore's Dilemma

      • 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"
    Omnivore's Dilemma text.
    For Unit 7 Activities see Moodle

    Topic 7 For Fun: Food Trivia

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

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

    Answer

     spaghetti and meatballs


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    Unit 8—"Food and Social Organization"
    Food & Family

    envelope
    Unit 8 Memo

    View slides . . .

    Sherri A. Inness,
    Secret Ingredients: Race, Gender, and Class at the Dinner Table

    and friends

    Chs. 1-7
    (Note: You do not have to read the book, just view the slides.)

    Secret Ingredients
    slides: (.pdf)(.pptx)

    Sherri   Inness, Secret Ingredients: Race, Gender, and Class at the Dinner Table

    For Unit 8 Activities see Moodle
    From the Unit 8 Reading Assignment

    Ch. 8, "Worldview, Religion, and Health Beliefs: The Ideological Basis of Food Practices," pp. 221-256

     
    • Food in a Forest of Symbols
      • The Meaning of Food
      • Food as an Ethnic Marker
    • Worldview
    • Religion
    • Ethnicity and Ethnic Identity
    • Health Beliefs and Local Knowledge
      • Perceptions of Symptoms and Disease
      • Preventive and Curative Practices
      • Health Care Providers: Shamans, Curers, and Others
    • Alternative Health Belief Systems in a Plural Society
    • Summary
    • Highlight: Becoming Culturally Competent
     The Cultural Feast.
    For Unit 8 Activities see Moodle
    Unit 8 Video Explorations

    video:

    finish reading The Meaning of Food pp. 106-157 before you watch the video (optional recommended)

    The Meaning of Food: "Food & Family"
    (ca. 60 min., CC, 2007, UM Duluth Library Multimedia GT2853.U5 M43 2005 DVD))
    film HomePage
    course viewing guide

    view streaming video

    (double click on QuickTime© window)
    (pursuant to licensing agreements streaming videos are not available outside of Moodle)

    Tim Roufs at the White Palace Grill, Chicago.

    Chicago, U.S.A.


    Episode 3: "Food & Family"
    looks at the complex way food defines families

    (optional recommended) Review of the materials from Part 3 of the text,
    The Meaning of Food
    , "Food & Family"
    from the Reading Assignments of last Unit and this Unit
    Also have a look at . . .

    "
    Take it Slow"
    from Marcus Samuelsson's
    The Meaning of Food: "Food & Life"

    The Meaning of Food book.

    and

    Slow Food logo.

    and

    Slow food, from The Meaning of Food.
    Slow food, Thera, Greece.
    Slow Food
    National Geographic Videos (3:25 min)


    Slow Food logo.
    Slow Food Lake Superior




    Unit 8 video:

    Soul Food Junkies

    "A Film about Food, Family, and Tradition"

    (ca. 60 min., CC, 2013, UM Duluth Library Multimedia - DVD TX715 .S68 2013)

    Soul Food Junkies (UMD Library)

     Soul Food Junkies website

     

    The Meaning of Food book.

    For Unit 8 Activities see Moodle
    Unit 8 Reading Assignment

    • (optional recommended) The Meaning of Food, pp. 123-157

      • The materials from The Meaning of Food, pp. 106-157, will be reviewed this Unit in the the video The Meaning of Food: "Food & Family."

    The Meaning of Food book.

    • Ch. 8, "Worldview, Religion, and Health Beliefs: The Ideological Basis of Food Practices," pp. 221-256
     
    • Food in a Forest of Symbols
      • The Meaning of Food
      • Food as an Ethnic Marker
    • Worldview
    • Religion
    • Ethnicity and Ethnic Identity
    • Health Beliefs and Local Knowledge
      • Perceptions of Symptoms and Disease
      • Preventive and Curative Practices
      • Health Care Providers: Shamans, Curers, and Others
    • Alternative Health Belief Systems in a Plural Society
    • Summary
    • Highlight: Becoming Culturally Competent

    • For review starting Unit 11
    • Food Guide Pyramid-- Wikipedia

    MyPlate
    New USDA food pyramid.
    Old USDA food pyramid.

     

     The Cultural Feast.


    Reading Assignment

    • Omnivore's Dilemma

      • 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"

    Omnivore's Dilemma text.

     

    For Unit 8 Activities see Moodle

    Topic 8 For Fun: Food Trivia

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

    Answer

    Biscotti
     
    Bergischer Zwieback der Bergischen Kaffetafel in Radevormwald, Kottmannshausen 1.
    German zwiebach
    Italian biscotti
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    Unit 9—Physical Anthropology and Food
    Obesity, Anorexia and Related Problems: An Introduction . . .

    envelope
    Unit 9 Memo


    Obesity, Anorexia and Related Problems: An Introduction



    Dying to be thin.
    "Dying to be thin"

    UMD National Eating Disorders Week Poster.
    National Eating Disorders Awareness Unit

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

    For Unit 9 Activities see Moodle

    In addition to watching "Timber!" we'll have a look at the slides from the last chapter of Sherri A. Inness' book Secret Ingredients . . .

    Two Fat Ladies slides (.pdf) (.pptx)

    Sherri A. Inness,
    Secret Ingredients: Race, Gender, and Class at the Dinner Table

    Ch. 8  "Thin Is Not In: Two Fat Ladies and Gender Stereotypes on the Food Network"

    Sherri   Inness, Secret Ingredients: Race, Gender, and Class at the Dinner Table

    (Note: You do not have to read the book, just view the slides—but watch the video first, and freelist as directed)
    ~

    When we're finished with the Two Fat Ladies slides based on Secret Ingredients, Ch. 8, we'll have a look at the slides on Obesity and on Eating Disorders . . .

    The "Obesity Epidemic" (.pdf) (.pptx)
    Body Image and Eating Behaviors
    (.pdf) (.pptx)
    Eating Disorders
    (.pdf) (.pptx)
    Causes of Eating Disorders (.pdf) (.pptx)
    Obesity, Eating Disorders: Applications (.pdf) (.pptx)

    For Unit 9 Activities see Moodle
    From the Unit 9 Reading Assignment

    Ch. 9, "Hunger in Global Perspective," pp. 258-295

     
    • Malthus vs. Boserup
    • The Factors in the Food Sufficiency Equation
      • Population
      • The Effect of HIV/Aids on World Population
      • Food Production
    • Consequences of the Agricultural Revolution
    • Decrease Food Aid to Other Countries
    • Trade Imbalances
    • What is Meant by Hunger and Malnutrition?
    • Who Are the Hungry and Malnourished?
      • Hunger and Undernourishment
      • Types of Undernutrition
      • Measuring PEM
    • Overweight in Children
    • What Are the Causes of Undernourishment and Malnutrition?
    • Projections for the Future—Enough for All?
    • Summary
    • Highlight: Hidden Hunger: Micronutrient Malnutrition
     The Cultural Feast.
    For Unit 9 Activities see Moodle
    Unit 9 Video Explorations


    This Unit we meet . . .

    Two Fat Ladies
    "Timber!"

    Series 4 Episode 23
    (30 min., 2008, UM Duluth Library Multimedia TX717 .T86 2008 DVD)
    film HomePage
    course viewing guide

    view streaming video

    (double click on QuickTime© window)
    (pursuant to licensing agreements streaming videos are not available outside of Moodle)

    The Global Banquet: Politics of Food.

    While you are watching The Two Fat Ladies do a "freelisting" of the things that The Two Fat Ladies talk about or mention that are not specifically related to the actual cooking of the meal in the kitchen. Freelisting is a technique commonly used by anthropologists when doing fieldwork, and it's basically just making a list of the things you're focusing on—but a complete list.
    (Don't miss the gorilla. . . .)

    Two Fat Ladies.
    Two Fat Ladies --
     Clarissa Dickson Wright
    and
     Jennifer Paterson

    Video Explorations:

    Freelist the things that The Two Fat Ladies talk about or mention that are not specifically related to the actual cooking of the meal in the kitchen.

    You do not have to turn this list in, but keep it handy.

     Systematic Data Collection, Susan C. Weller and A. Kimball Romney.

     Freelists -- Steve Borgatti

    For Unit 9 Activities see Moodle
    Designer Foods . . .

     Food Design

    Food Design takes a sneak peek into the secret laboratories of a major food manufacturer, where designers and scientists are developing your favorite mouthful of tomorrow

    watch Food Design via UM Duluth Library Multimedia EZProxy Server

    from an off-campus site you may need to use UMD's
    VPN Service: Virtual Private Network to successfully connect

    The film Food Design is also available (with advertising) from Snag Films

    Food Design

    Directors
    Martin Hablesreiter
    Sonja Stummerer
    Producers
    Nikolaus Geyrhalter
    Markus Glaser
    Michael Kitzberger
    Wolfgang Widerhofer

    film Snag HomePage

    view on-line from Snag Films
    [contains advertising]

     Food Chemistry class WebPage

     Food Science class WebPage

    For Unit 9 Activities see Moodle


    Unit 9
     Feeding Frenzy - The Food Industry, Marketing & the Creation of a Health Crisis
    (63 min., 2013, UM Duluth Library Multimedia RA645.O23 F43 2013)

    Feeding Frenzy (UMD Library)

    "Over the past three decades, obesity rates in the U.S. have more than doubled for children and tripled for adolescents -- and a startling 70% of adults are now obese or overweight. The result has been a widening epidemic of obesity-related health problems, including coronary heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke, and Type 2 diabetes. While discussions about this spiraling health crisis have tended to focus on the need for more exercise and individual responsibility, Feeding Frenzy trains its focus squarely on the responsibility of the processed food industry and the outmoded government policies it benefits from. It lays bare how taxpayer subsidies designed to feed hungry Americans during the Great Depression have enabled the food industry to flood the market with a rising tide of cheap, addictive, high calorie food products, and offers an engrossing look at the tactics of the multibillion-dollar marketing machine charged with making sure that every one of those surplus calories is consumed."


    Feeding Frenzy

     

    For Unit 9 Activities see Moodle

    Video Explorations:

    Freelist the things that The Two Fat Ladies talk about or mention that are not specifically related to the actual cooking of the meal in the kitchen.

    You do not have to turn this list in, but keep it handy.

     Systematic Data Collection, Susan C. Weller and A. Kimball Romney.

     Freelists -- Steve Borgatti

    For Unit 9 Activities see Moodle
    Unit 9 Reading Assignment

    • Ch. 9, "Hunger in Global Perspective," pp. 258-295
     
    • Malthus vs. Boserup
    • The Factors in the Food Sufficiency Equation
      • Population
      • The Effect of HIV/Aids on World Population
      • Food Production
    • Consequences of the Agricultural Revolution
    • Decrease Food Aid to Other Countries
    • Trade Imbalances
    • What is Meant by Hunger and Malnutrition?
    • Who Are the Hungry and Malnourished?
      • Hunger and Undernourishment
      • Types of Undernutrition
      • Measuring PEM
    • Overweight in Children
    • What Are the Causes of Undernourishment and Malnutrition?
    • Projections for the Future—Enough for All?
    • Summary
    • Highlight: Hidden Hunger: Micronutrient Malnutrition
     The Cultural Feast.


    The Cultural Feast
    Ch. 9, "Hunger in Global Perspective"

    • Food Sufficiency
    • Consequences of the Agricultural Revolution
    • Food Aid and Trade
    • Hunger and Malnutrition
    • Obesity Revisited
    • Projections for the Future


    • Omnivore's Dilemma

      • Ch. 12, "Slaughter: in a glass abattoir"
      • Ch. 13, "The market: 'greetings from non-barcode people'"
      • Ch. 14, "The meal: grass-fed"

    Omnivore's Dilemma text.

     

    For Unit 9 Activities see Moodle

    Optional Activity
    (these films qualify for Extra Credit Film Review)

    Supersize Me

    • film: Fast Food Nation (116 min., 2006)

    Fast Food Nation

    Killer at Large

    For Unit 9 Activities see Moodle

    Topic 9 For Fun: Food Trivia

    Haagen-Dazs ice cream.

    What does "Häagen-Dazs" mean?

    1. "Happy Days"
    2. "High Life"
    3. "Danish Delight"
    4. It's a Family Name
    5. Absolutely Nothing

    Answer

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    Unit 10Food Politics, Worldview, Religion, and Health Beliefs
    Food Politics
    The Ideological Basis of Food Practices:
    Religion

    envelope
    Week/Unit 10 Memo
    review
    The Cultural Feast

    Ch. 8, "Worldview, Religion, and Health Beliefs: The Ideological Basis of Food Practices"

    The Cultural Feast.

    For Unit 10 Activities see Moodle
    From the Unit 10 Reading Assignment

    Ch. 10, "Addressing Global Food Issues," pp. 296-337

     
    • Hunger and Malnutrition: The Factors Influencing Adequate Nutrition
      • Food Availability
      • Agricultural Research and Extension
      • The Role of Biotechnology
    • Policy Options: Self-Sufficiency vs. Food Security
      • Food Self-Sufficiency and National Food Security
      • What Makes NSSS Important?
    • Commercialization of Agriculture and Household Food Security of Small Farmers
      • Income
      • Protecting Food Crop Production
      • Land Tenure
      • Health
    • Entitlements
      • Alleviating Poverty and Redistributing Income
      • Land Distribution and Agrarian Reform
      • Agrarian Reform
      • Credit, Marketing, and Price Systems
      • Food Aid as Food Subsidy
    • Nutritional Quality of Food, Education, and Household Distribution
    • Health and Sanitation
    • Summary
    • Highlight: Women: A Pivotal Link in the Food Chain
     The Cultural Feast.
    For Unit 10 Activities see Moodle
    Unit 10 Video Explorations

    A comparative look . . .

    controlled comparison—
    Chinese : Buddhism : Food
    in China and Malaysia

    This Unit we'll first have a look at
    a Taoist temple
    and Buddhist Slow Food
    and Locavorism
    which has a thousand year history . . .

    In Food for Body and Spirit we'll see how food
    holds a part of Chinese culture together . . .

    And following, we'll see how food
    tears apart a major segment of Chinese culture in Malaysia . . .


    controlled comparison—
    Chinese : Buddhism : Food
    in China and Malaysia

    video:
    Food for Body and Spirit
    (29 min., 1984, VC 714)
    film HomePage
    course viewing guide


    view streaming video

    (double click on QuickTime© window)
    (pursuant to licensing agreements streaming videos are not available outside of Moodle)

    (China) (On-line Optional Resource)
    Food of China
    (On-line Optional Resource)

    [food is central to Chinese life and philosophy]
    [food holds Chinese culture together]


    Food for Body and Spirit.

    controlled comparison—
    Chinese : Buddhism : Food
    in China and Malaysia

    video:
    The Pig Commandments
    (72 min., 2005, DVD 1690)
    (70 min?)
    film HomePage
    course viewing guide


    view streaming video

    (double click on QuickTime© window)
    (pursuant to licensing agreements streaming videos are not available outside of Moodle)

    Pig Commandment pig.
    The Pig Commandments

    Shaikh Hussain Ye of Malaysia.
    Shaikh Hussain Ye
    Malaysia



    (China) (On-line Optional Resource)
    (Malaysia)
    (On-line Optional Resource)
    [food tears Chinese culture apart in Malaysia


    "It was hardly surprising that, for the Chinese, the words 'meat' and 'pork' became, and remain, synonymous."

    -- concluding sentence to Chapter 2 "Changing the Face of the Earth," Reay Tannahill, Food in History (NY: Three Rivers Press, 1988)

    Book image.

    Food Revolution #2: The Meaning of Eating
    -- the discovery that food is more than sustenance

    Book image.

    For a comprehensive review of pork avoidance and its historical and social importance see
    Frederick J. Simoons, Eat Not This Flesh: Food Avoidances form Prehistory to the Present, 2nd Ed.
    (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press 1994)

    For a comprehensive review of pork avoidance and its historical and social importance see Eat Not This Flesh: Food Avoidances form Prehistory to the Present, 2nd Ed. (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press 1994).

    For Unit 10 Activities see Moodle
    Unit 10 Reading Assignment

    • Ch. 10, "Addressing Global Food Issues," pp. 296-337
     
    • Hunger and Malnutrition: The Factors Influencing Adequate Nutrition
      • Food Availability
      • Agricultural Research and Extension
      • The Role of Biotechnology
    • Policy Options: Self-Sufficiency vs. Food Security
      • Food Self-Sufficiency and National Food Security
      • What Makes NSSS Important?
    • Commercialization of Agriculture and Household Food Security of Small Farmers
      • Income
      • Protecting Food Crop Production
      • Land Tenure
      • Health
    • Entitlements
      • Alleviating Poverty and Redistributing Income
      • Land Distribution and Agrarian Reform
      • Agrarian Reform
      • Credit, Marketing, and Price Systems
      • Food Aid as Food Subsidy
    • Nutritional Quality of Food, Education, and Household Distribution
    • Health and Sanitation
    • Summary
    • Highlight: Women: A Pivotal Link in the Food Chain
     The Cultural Feast.

     

    The Cultural Feast
    Ch. 10, "Addressing Global Food Issues"

    • Hunger and Malnutrition Revisited
    • Adequate Nutrition
    • Policy Options: Self-Sufficiency vs. Food Security of Small Farmers
    • Commercialization of Agriculture and Household Food Security
    • Entitlements
    • Nutritional Quality of Food, Education, and Household
    • Distribution
    • Health and Sanitation

    The Cultural Feast.


    For Unit 10 Activities see Moodle

    Topic 10 For Fun: Food Trivia

    Is President Obama's Chili a Winner?

    Answer

    President Obama

     

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

    Film: In Organic We Trust.
     

    USDA Organic


    In Organic We Trust image.

    In Organic We Trust

    (81 min.,UM Duluth Library Multimedia S605.5 .I56 2012 DVD)
    For Unit 10 Activities see Moodle

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    Unit 11—Global Food Issues . . .
    World Hunger and Other International Food Issues
    "Hunger in Global Perspective"
    "Addressing Global Food Issues"

    The Future of Food

    envelope
    Week 11 Memo
     

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


    "Can We Make Food Good For All?"
    Bina Agarwal
    Nobel Conference 46 "Making Food Good"

    (128 min., 6 October 2010)
    Bina Agarwal Nobel Conference Page

    view video on-line

    Bina Agarwal

    For Unit 11 Activities see Moodle

    Unit 11 Assignment

    Have a look at the other Students' Presentations
    For Unit 11 Activities see Moodle
    From the Unit 11 Reading Assignment

    Ch. 11, "Dietary Behavior Change: How People Change Eating Habits," pp. 338-371

     
    • The Behavior Change Process
      • Stages of Change
      • Processes of Change
    • Factors That Influence the Change Process
      • Health Beliefs
      • Attitudes
      • Social Influences
      • Skills and Self-Efficacy
      • Intentions
      • Goal Setting
      • Other Factors That Influence Behavior Change
    • Implications for Practice
    • Summary
    • Highlight: U.S. Federal Food Programs
     The Cultural Feast.
    For Unit 11 Activities see Moodle
    From the optional Unit 11 Reading Assignment

    Ch. 12, "Designing Large-Scale Programs to Change Dietary Practices," pp. 372-396

     
    • Community-Based Health Promotion
      • Community
      • Distinguishing Features of Community Organization
      • States in the Community Organizing Process
      • Case Study
      • Advantages of Community-Based Interventions
      • Challenges Associated with Community-Based Interventions
    • Social Marketing
      • Distinguishing Features
      • Steps in the Social Marketing Process
      • Loving Support Makes Breastfeeding Work
    • Putting It All Together to Improve Dietary Practices
    • Summary
    • Highlight: Moving from Theory to Practice: A Case Study Using a Multilevel Approach to Changing Dietary Behavior
     The Cultural Feast.
    For Unit 11 Activities see Moodle
    Unit 11 Video Explorations

    video:

    The End of the Line: How Overfishing Is Changing the World And What We Eat
    (85 min., CC, 2010, UM Duluth Library Multimedia SH329.O94 E43 2010 DVD
    film HomePage
    course viewing guide


    view streaming video

    (double click on QuickTime© window)
    (pursuant to licensing agreements streaming videos are not available outside of Moodle)

    The End of the Line -- Wikipedia

    End of the Line film poster


    video:

    The Cove
    (92 min., CC, 2009, UM Duluth Library Multimedia QL737.C432 C68 2009 DVD)
    film HomePage
    The Cove -- Wikipedia

    view streaming video

    (double click on QuickTime© window)
    (pursuant to licensing agreements streaming videos are not available outside of Moodle)

    The Cove Poster

    For Unit 11 Activities see Moodle
    Watch one of the two videos on The Future of Food belowthe one by Deborah Koons Garcia or the one by  HRH Prince Charles—and then Respond to that video when you have finished

    If you have not done an optional Film/Lecture Review Extra Credit Paper, you may watch both and compare and contrast them for an optional Review Extra Credit paper
    (this may be turned in at the end of the term)

    Extra Credit Review Option Details

    video

    From Deborah Koons Garcia . . .
    The Future of Food

    (88 min., 2007, UM DULUTH Library Multimedia TP248.65.F66 F88 2004 DVD, DVD 959)
     film HomePage

     view on-line

    The Future of Food -- Wikipedia

    The Future of Food

     

     


    video:

     HRH Prince Charles on the Future of Food

    Keynote Speech to The Future of Food Conference
    at Georgetown University, Washington, DC
    4 May 2011
    (50 min., 2011, YouTube )

    view on-line

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

     Rodale Books . . . His Royal Highness Prince Charles's Landmark Speech "On the Future of Food" -- NY (14 February 2012)

    ISBN-10: 1609614712
    ISBN-13: 978-1609614713

     Rodale Books, 2012

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

    For Unit 11 Activities see Moodle

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

    Darwin's nightmare video


    For Unit 11 Activities see Moodle
    Unit 11 Reading Assignment

    • Ch. 11, "Dietary Behavior Change: How People Change Eating Habits," pp. 338-371
     
    • The Behavior Change Process
      • Stages of Change
      • Processes of Change
    • Factors That Influence the Change Process
      • Health Beliefs
      • Attitudes
      • Social Influences
      • Skills and Self-Efficacy
      • Intentions
      • Goal Setting
      • Other Factors That Influence Behavior Change
    • Implications for Practice
    • Summary
    • Highlight: U.S. Federal Food Programs
     The Cultural Feast.

    • Ch. 12, "Designing Large-Scale Programs to Change Dietary Practices," pp. 372-396
     
    • Community-Based Health Promotion
      • Community
      • Distinguishing Features of Community Organization
      • States in the Community Organizing Process
      • Case Study
      • Advantages of Community-Based Interventions
      • Challenges Associated with Community-Based Interventions
    • Social Marketing
      • Distinguishing Features
      • Steps in the Social Marketing Process
      • Loving Support Makes Breastfeeding Work
    • Putting It All Together to Improve Dietary Practices
    • Summary
    • Highlight: Moving from Theory to Practice: A Case Study Using a Multilevel Approach to Changing Dietary Behavior
     The Cultural Feast.

    • With Ch. 11 as with Chapter 12, if you expect to go into or be a part of any program or company involved in dietary behavior change (including advertising and marketing), it would be a good idea to read this chapter carfully. Materials from this chapter may also be used as the make-up-your-own final exam question.


    The Cultural Feast.
    Omnivore's Dilemma text.
    The Meaning of Food book.

     

     


     

    Optionial Reading:

    • The Cultural Feast, Ch. 12, "Designing Large-Scale Programs to Change Dietary Practices"

      • Ch. 12 is not required reading, but as with Chapter 11, if you expect to go into or be a part of any large-scale program or company involved in dietary behavior change (including advertising and marketing), it would be a good idea to read this chapter. Materials from this chapter may also be used as the make-up-your-own final exam question.

    The Cultural Feast.

    For Unit 11 Activities see Moodle

    Topic 11 For Fun: Food Trivia

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

    Answer


    Topic 11 For Fun: Food Trivia

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

    Answer

    For Unit 11 Activities see Moodle

     

    Food Politics
    Student Presentations
    Focus: State/Provincial and National

    Focus: International

    Food Politics, Marion Nestle.

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

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

    Cadbury
    Chocolate bar 88%.
    Cholate bar 99%.

    chocolate
     
    ~
    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.

    Wrapping it UP

    Wrapping it up

    Course Evaluation
    Student Presentations
    The Future of Food
    Summary / Review

    envelope

    End of Term Memo
    Lady Justice (Iustitia, the Roman Goddess of Justice).

    The on-line evaluation form will be made available the last week of class.

    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 Stacy Schweikert, the system admin for the application, at slschwe@d.umn.edu.

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

    Please click on the link which will be provided

    Thanks,

    Tim Roufs

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    Final Exam

    On-Line

    su2015 The Live Chat for the on-line Anthropology of Food Final Exam will be Wednesday, 26 August 2015, 7:00-8:00 p.m. Sign in on Canvas in the Week 15 Panel.

    f2020 The Anthropology of Food Final Examis scheduled for Final Exam Week, week of 14-18 December 2020

     

    Bonus For Fun: Food Trivia

    Are you really what you eat?

    Answer

     
    Dry fruits.

     

    What can I do with a degree in Anthropology?


    Credit Options at UMD




    This course is governed by the . . .

    University of Minnesota Duluth Student Academic Integrity Policy
    <http://d.umn.edu/academic-affairs/academic-policies/classroom-policies/student-academic-integrity>

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

    Use of AI-content generators for assignments in this class

    When I taught Advanced Writing for the Social Sciences here at UMD, for over twenty-five years, my rule of thumb advice to students was to plan to spend 60% or more of their time and effort revising drafts (for academic type writing).

    In 2001 Wikipedia appeared on the scene and very quickly became a useful tool as a starting point for many academic projects even though as an open-source resource the Wikipedia entries are not checked and verified in the same manner as other traditional reference materials.

    Spelling and grammar checkers arrived on the general scene and helped with spelling and grammar checking, but, as you no doubt have discovered, they continue to require human editing.

    And, of course, before that we had a selection of excellent Encyclopedia offering good starting points for many projects, the most popular being The Encyclopedia Brittanica.

    And long before that there were libraries--since at least the days of Alexandria in Egypt, in the third century B.C.

    The bottom line . . .

    Today the evolution of research resources and aids continues with the relatively rapid appearance of ChatGPT and other automated content generators.

    As many folks have already found out, they can be very useful as starting points, much like their predecessors. But, from the academic point of view, they are still only starting points.

    Professors nationwide are for the most part advised, and even encouraged, to experiment with the potentials of ChatGPT and similar apps.

    In this class it is fine to experiment, with the caveat that all of your written academic work demonstrates that your personal efforts—including content development and revision—reflect your personal originality, exploration, analysis, explanation, integrating and synthesizing of ideas, organizational skills, evaluation, and overall learning and critical thinking efforts.

    That is to say you may experiment with the AI tool to do tasks such as e.g, brainstorming, narrowing topics, writing first drafts, editing text, and the like. AI-generated works should in no case be more than that.

    In the end you need to become familiar enough with the various subjects, peoples, and places discussed in this class to research a topic and problem-solve on your own, and carry on an intelligent conversation about them in modern-day society . . . a conversation that goes byond your voicing an unsupported opinion.

    Please ask questions of and offer comments to
    e-mail
    troufs@d.umn.edu

    USEFUL LINKS FOR MORE INFORMATION:

    For the record, what follows is the official UMD Academic Integrity Policy. Note that "unless otherwise noted by the faculty member" this is the default policy.

    "UMD’s Academic Integrity policy covers any work done by automated content generators such as ChatGPT or other generative artificial intelligence tools unless otherwise noted by the faculty member. These tools present new challenges and opportunities."

    "Within the confines of this class The use of AI-content generators is strictly prohibited for any stage of homework/assignment (e.g., draft or final product). The primary purposes of college are developing your thinking skills, being creative with ideas, and expanding your understanding on a wide variety of topics. Using these content generating AI tools thwarts the goal of homework/assignments to provide students opportunities to achieve these purposes. Please make the most of this time that you have committed to a college education and learn these skills now, so that you can employ them throughout your life." -- Jennifer Mencl, UMD Associate Vice Chancellor, Academic Affairs, 10 May 2023

    Current information from the UMN Senate Committee on Educational Policy Resources

    <https://provost.umn.edu/chatgpt-syllabus-statements>

    See Also Using Wikipedia and other Standard Reference Works
     

    .
    "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)

    and the UMD Student Conduct Code
    <http://www.d.umn.edu/conduct/code/>

    and the

    Student Conduct Code Statement (students' rights)
    <http://www.d.umn.edu/conduct/conduct/conduct-statement.html>

    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)

    Instructor and Student Responsibilities Policy

    AVISO!

    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.

     

    A Note on "Cutting and Pasting" without the Use of Quotation Marks
    (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.

    Students with disabilities:

    It is the policy and practice of the University of Minnesota Duluth to create inclusive learning environments for all students, including students with disabilities.  If there are aspects of this course that result in barriers to your inclusion or your ability to meet course requirements – such as time limited exams, inaccessible web content, or the use of non-captioned videos – please notify the instructor as soon as possible.  You are also encouraged to contact the Office of Disability Resources to discuss and arrange reasonable accommodations.  Please call 218-726-6130 or visit the DR website at www.d.umn.edu/access for more information.


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