Text Assignments Summary

All readings except "TBA" are from the textbooks listed on the textbook web page:


Week 1 — Introduction to Anthropology / Orientation to the Course
		The Cultural Feast Ch. 1, "Setting the Table For a Cultural Feast" The materials from Ch. 1 will be reviewed next week in the Week 2 slide presentations Figure 1.1 Biocultural Framework for the Study of Diet and Nutrition Nutrition Labels

Week 2 — "Setting the Table for a Cultural Feast" "Biocultural and Nutritional Needs"
		The Cultural Feast Ch. 2, "Diet and Human Evolution" Food Guide Pyramid -- Wikipedia The materials from Ch. 2 will be reviewed next week in the Week 3 slide presentations

Week 3 — "Diet and Human Evolution": Archeology / Prehistory of Food and Subsistence
		The Cultural Feast Ch. 3, "Food in Historical Perspective: Dietary Revolutions" Archeological Sequence from Tehuacán, Mexico Food Guide Pyramid -- Wikipedia The materials from Ch. 3 will be reviewed next week in the Week 4 slide presentations

Week 4 — "Food in Historical Perspectives: Dietary Revolution"
		The Cultural Feast Ch. 4, "Eating Is a Cultural Affair" The materials from Ch. 4 will be reviewed next week in the Week 5 slide presentations
		The Meaning of Food, pp. 60-82 The materials from The Meaning of Food pp. 60-105 will be reviewed next week in the the video The Meaning of Food: "Food & Culture"

Week 5 — "Eating Is a Cultural Affair"
		The Cultural Feast Ch. 5, "Food Technologies: How People Get Their Food in Nonindustrialized Societies" The materials from Ch. 5 will be supplemented this week with the video Desert People (51 min., 1965, B/W, UMD Library No. VC 1094), a classic film on one of the last gathering / foraging peoples discovered.
		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 week we begin having a closer look at hunting / gathering / foraging as a way people get their food in nonindustrialized societies.
		The Meaning of Food, pp. 83-105 The materials from The Meaning of Food, pp. 60-105 will be reviewed this week in the the video The Meaning of Food: "Food & Culture."

Week 6 — "Food Technologies: How People get their Food in Nonindustrialized Societies"
		Review for Midterm Exam su2012 Midterm Exam Submitted Question to Wiki due to the wiki by the end of Week 05, Friday, 15 June 2012, 11:55 p.m. You can review the questions and my notations there, and use them as study questions
		f2f Week 6: The Anthropology of Food Midterm Exam time for s2013 will be in class, date to be announced Week 6: The on-line su2012 The Anthropology of Food Midterm Exam will be available Wednesday-Thursday, 20-21 June 2012

Week 7 — "Food Technologies: How People Get Their Food in Industrialized Societies" I International Focus
		The Cultural Feast Ch. 6, "Food Technologies How People Get Their Food in Industrialized Societies," pp. 157-172 Features of Industrialized Agriculture Industrial / Factory Farms WebPage Farm Size Contract Farming / Vertical Integration Energy Used in Food Production Soil Erosion Water Pollution and Shortages Water Resources WebPage Social Costs Alternative Strategies Sustainable Agriculture WebPage Diet and Health of Industrialized Agriculturalists Genetically Modified Foods (GM Foods) GM Food WebPage
		Omnivore's Dilemma Ch. 18 "Hunting: the meat" Ch. 19 "Gathering: the fungi" Ch. 20 "The perfect meal" We're continue 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."

Week 8 — "Food Technologies: How People Get their Food in Industrialized Countries" 2 United Stated Focus
		The Meaning of Food, pp. 106-122 The materials from The Meaning of Food pp. 106-157 will be reviewed next week in the the video The Meaning of Food: "Food & Family."
		The Cultural Feast Ch. 7, "Food and Social Organization" 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 Food and the Life Cycle

Week 9 — "Food and Social Organization" Food & Family
		The Meaning of Food, pp. 123-157 The materials from The Meaning of Food pp. 106-157 will be reviewed today in the the video The Meaning of Food: "Food & Family."
		The Cultural Feast Ch. 8, "World View, Religion, and Health Beliefs: Ideological Basis of Food Practices" Food Guide Pyramid -- Wikipedia

Week 10 — Physical Anthropology and Food Obesity, Anorexia . . .
		The Meaning of Food, pp. 1-33 The materials from The Meaning of Food pp. 1-33 will be reviewed next week in the the video The Meaning of Food: "Food & Life."
		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"

Week 11 — "Worldview, Religion, and Health Beliefs: The Ideological Basis of Food Practices" 2 Religion
		The Meaning of Food, pp. 33-59 The materials from The Meaning of Food, pp. 33-59 will be reviewed this week in the the video The Meaning of Food: "Food & Life."
		The Cultural Feast Ch. 9, "Hunger in Global Perspective"

Week 12 — "Hunger in Global Perspective" "Addressing Global Food Issues"
		The Cultural Feast Ch. 10, "Addressing Global Food Issues" Ch. 11, "Dietary Behavior Change: How People Change Eating Habits" not assigned reading, but 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. Materials from this chapter may also be used as the optional "Take-Home" question that you make up yourself. Ch. 12, "Designing Large-Scale Programs to Change Dietary Practices" not assigned 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 optional "Take-Home" question that you make up yourself.

Week 13 — Food Politics Provincial / State and National
		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"
		catch up / review / preview

Week 14 — Food Politics 2 International
		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"

		su2012 Final Exam Submitted Question to Wiki due by Tuesday, 14 August 2012, 11:55 p.m. su2012 Term Paper due by the end of Week 14, Friday, 17 August 2012, 11:55 p.m. 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?

Week 15 — Student Presentations Summary / Review Course Evaluation The Future of Food
		Catch up, and review for Final Exam su2012 Extra Credit Paper due by the end of Week 13, Friday, 10 August 2012, 11:55 p.m. 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?

		Week 16 ("Finals Week"): The f2f Anthropology of Food Final Exam time for s2013 will be announced, in Cina 214 Week 15 (Last Week of Class): The on-line Anthropology of Food Final Exam for su2012 will be available Wednesday-Thursday, 22-23 August 2012

Week 15 — Finals "Week"
		Find a good book on Anthropology of Food and have a look at it