Week 1 — Introduction to Anthropology / Orientation to the Course:
"Setting the Anthropological Table"
Main Characteristics of Anthropology
slides: (.pptx )
(NOTE: This is a long slide set 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.)
the four fields of general anthropology
culture as a primary concept
comparative method as major approach
holism as a primary theoretical goal
fieldwork as a primary research technique
"Other Important Terms"
slides: (.pptx )
Units of Analysis
slides: (.pptx )
Three Major Perennial Debates
slides: (.pptx )
[see note on slide formats] (NOTE: This is a long slide set as it covers more than 2000+ years. Please bear with it to the end. Please bear with it to the end. And it will take a little longer to load, so please bear with that also.)
Week 2 —"Omnivorousness: Defining Food"
Biocultural Framework for the Study of Diet and Nutrition: Introduction (.pptx )
Nutritional Status (.pptx )
Biological Makeup (.pptx )
Human Nutrient Needs (.pptx )
Diet (.pptx )
Cuisine (.pptx )
The Environment (.pptx )
Physical
Sociocultural
Economic and Political
Food Systems (.pptx )
Week 3 — "Settled Ingredients: Domestic Food Production "
Hunting / Gathering / Foraging and the Emergence of Food Production
Week 4 —"Mobile Ingredients: Global Food Production"
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
Nutritional Consequences of the Agricultural Revolution:
A Comparison of Foragers and Agriculturalists
(Indian Knoll and Hardin Village)
(.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).
"Hunter-Gathering or Foraging"
Week 5 — "Cooks and Kitchens"
Week 6 — "Recipes and Dishes"
Sherri A. Inness,
Secret Ingredients: Race, Gender, and Class at the Dinner Table
and friends
Chs. 1-7
Secret Ingredients slides: (.pptx )
Sherri A. Inness,
Secret Ingredients: Race, Gender, and Class at the Dinner Table
and friends
Ch. 8
Two Fat Ladies slides: (.pptx )
Midterm Exam
f2019 The Anthropology of Food Midterm Exam is scheduled for Week 6, week of 30 September 2019
Current Affairs Question for Midterm f2019
Week 7 — "Eating-In: Commensality and Gastro-Politics"
Week 8 — "
Eating-Out and Gastronomy"
Week 9 — "Gastro-Anomie: Global Indigestion? "
Obesity and on Eating Disorders . . .
The "Obesity Epidemic" (.pptx )
Body Image and Eating Behaviors (.pptx )
Eating Disorders (.pptx )
Causes of Eating Disorders (.pptx )
Obesity, Eating Disorders: Applications (.pptx )
Obesity, Anorexia, Bulimia (.pptx )
Week 10 —"Local Digestion: Making the Global at Home"
Week 11 — Epilogue: Leftovers to Takeaway
Presentation Primer
Student Presentations I
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EU Chocolate Wars: A Run-up to Scaling (.pptx )
Week 12 —
Student Presentations II
Student Presentations III
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Week 13 —
Term Paper Review
Student Presentations IV
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Week 14 — Student Presentations V
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Week 15 —
Summary / Review
Course Evaluation
The Future of Food
Final Exam
f2019 The Anthropology of Food Final Exam is scheduled for Final Exam Week, week of 9-13 December 2019