Video materials used in class illustrate many topics
covered in this course. Consider these presentations similar to lab
sessions, that is, watch them carefully and critically rather than
simply watch another movie or video. The exams will include these materials,
and it will be assumed that you have paid critical attention to them.
Food, Inc. (on order for the UMD Library) (93 min., 2009, DVD tba
FRESH (on order for the UMD Library) (90 min., 2009, DVD tba)
"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."
"A Fistful of Rice" from the City Life series (27 min., 2001, VC 4560) BC
Feasts
The Feast (29 min., 1980, VC 1262)
"Examines the first stages of alliance formation between two mutually hostile Yanomanö Indian villages in southern Venezuela and northern Brazil. Describes in detail the preparations for a feast involving the inhabitants of the villages and presents scenes of chanting, dancing, and trading at the feast."
Kawelka: Ongka’s Big Moka (52 min., 1991 [1974], VC4405)
"In Papua New Guinea, status is earned by giving things away rather than acquiring them. Explores the Moka, a ceremony in which people, sometimes the whole tribe, give gifts to members of other tribes, the larger the gift, the greater the victory over the recipient. Follows Ongka as he prepares for the giving of his Moka."
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