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What FoodAnthro is Reading Now . . .
. Tuesday, 13 May 2025, 09:47 (09:47 AM) CDT, day 133 of 2025 .
 
BBC Food
The Gardian News/ The GardianAnimals Farmed/

World Food and Water Clock
OWL logo, Online Writing Lab, Purdue University.    
 
     
Sicilian ice-cream in a bread bun. A good solution to a local problem: the Mediterranean heat quickly melts the ice-cream, which is absorbed by the bread.
"Palermo,Sicily
Italy
A Fistful of Rice.
A Fistfull of Rice
Nepal
Claire Kathleen Roufs eating first food at 5 months.
Claire Kathleen Roufs
U.S.A.

Eating rat.
"Eating Rat At The New Year"
Vietnam
National Geographic
Desert People, boy eating "grub worm"
Desert People
Australia

Search the troufs Site
(all TR courses and web pages)
Anthroplogy of Food
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Textbooks for the Course
Welcome to Anthropology of Food
 University of Minnesota Duluth
Anth 3888 Spring 2022
46415-001 (01/12/2022 - 04/29/2022), instruction mode:  Online--asynchronous, Roufs,Tim, 3 credits
Schedule may change as events of the semester require

This will be a great course. . . . You will see. . . .

"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

12 January - 29 April 2022
~
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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REM: Links on screenshots are not “hot” (active)

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links to current weeks
UM holidays
spring break
study days
final exams
   
to textbooks
   


Holidays Spring 2022
Week 4 Lunar New Year 1 February 2022--the Year of the Tiger (c/new)
Week 6 Valentine's Day 14 February 2022
Week 8 Mardi Gras
Ash Wednesday
1 March 2022
2 March 2022
Week 9 Pi Day 14 March (3, 1, 4) 2022
Weeks 13-14 Passover sunset of Friday, 15 April 2022, to nightfall of Saturday, 23 April 2022 (8 days)
Week 13 Vaisakhi Festival (A Time for New Life) वैसाख Thursday, 14 April 2022
Week 14 Easter (Western) 17 April 2022
Week 15 Easter (Eastern) 24 April 2022

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Office Hours and Contact Information

(E-mail is fastest, and most generally best as quite often URLs need be sent.)
e-mail
troufs@d.umn.edu
e-mail anytime . . .
Meet Your Professor

Office Hours:
 

Spring (15 January - 9 May) 2025

Summer (9 June - 1 August) 2025

   
Zoom     Drop in Hours:
Whenever you have a question
via
ZOOM
https://umn.zoom.us/my/troufs
   
  Scheduled:
via
ZOOM Tu 7:00-8:00 p.m.
https://umn.zoom.us/my/troufs
     
    or e-mail troufs@d.umn.edu to set up a private time to ZOOM

 
Time in Duluth
Other Contact Information:  
https://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth1602/pcoffice.html#title
Course URL:
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http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anthfood/index.html#title
General Course Information:  
http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anthfood/afcourseinfo.html#title
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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,


And Why this Course?
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.
 
Michael Pollan

Food Rules
The Omnivore's Dile

Will Allen

Growing Power

 Time Magazine top 100, 2010.
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"

   
 
And on American Public Media . . .

 

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

Trump serves dinner

Fomer President Donald Trump
having lunch at the White House Dinner

 
This Is What Joe Biden Really Eats -- mashed (14 August 2020)

Biden ditched Obama's apples and Trump's Diet Coke button for salt water taffy from Delaware: 'He has the tastes of a 5-year-old' -- Insider (24 May 2021)
 
The World's Best Praline comes from . . .


 Oscar Ortega

 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

  Facebook

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TEXTBOOKS

  detailed information about the 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.

assignments summary

 Eating Culture: An Anthropological Guide to Food


Omnivore's Dilemma text.


The Language of Food
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, $17.00 used, and $31.16 e-Textbook (Kindle).
(+ p/h, where applicable, at amazon.com & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25).
(10 April 2021)

[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 $8.90 new, $2.63 used, $9.99 Kindle, and $tba Audiobook.(+ p/h, where applicable, at amazon.com & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25).
(10 April 2021)

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 $12.20 (ppbk.), $3.07 used, $9.99 Kindle, and $tba Audiobook.(+ p/h, where applicable, at amazon.com & eligible for FREE Prime Shipping on orders over $25).
(10 April 2021)
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 . . .
 

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 What's Happening Week by Week

Week 1
 
Getting Started
envelope
9 - 15 January 2022

Pre-term
Greetings! Information on Textbook and Other Things (.pdf)

Canvas "Modules" and "Sunday Memos": General Organization of "Stuff" (.pdf)

Using the Canvas "Modules" to Keep Track of Your Assignments" (.pdf)

Welcome to the Anthropology of Food Class! (.pdf)

Week 1

AF What's Happening Week 1? -- Getting Started (.pdf)

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


The Course in a Nutshell

COURSE CONTENT
primarily comes from the following sources . . .
   
  • "SUNDAY MEMO" for the week . . .
  •    
  • VIDEO EXPLORATIONS . . .
  •    
  • SLIDE PRESENTATIONS . . .
  •    
  • READINGS for the week . . .
  •    
  • OTHER ASSIGNMENT INFORMATION . . .
  •    
  • MIDTERM AND FINAL EXAMS . . .
  •    
  • RESEARCH PROJECT for the term . . . on a topic of your choice related to the course
  •    
  • DISCUSSIONS . . . including your personal experiences
  •    
  • (optional) FOR FUN TRIVIA . . .
  •    
  • (optional) EXTRA CREDIT . . . on a topic of your choice related to the course
  •    
  • 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

    ~
    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.)

        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: (.pptx)
    ~
     
    ~
    Week 1 Reading Assignments
    [click ↑ here]


    Eating Culture: An Anthropological Guide to Food   Omnivore's Dilemma text.   The Language of 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?

    longest word

    Answer

    ~
    Week 2
     
    "Omnivorousness: Defining Food"
    envelope
    16 - 22 January 2022

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

    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: An Anthropological Guide to Food

    ~

    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.

    REM: Links on screenshots are not “hot” (active)

    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

    ~
    s2025 Wk 4 Informal Project Statement, or Project Proposal (up to 20 points) due by the end of Week 4, Sunday, 9 February 2025
    ~

    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)

    Eating Culture: An Anthropological Guide to Food   Omnivore's Dilemma text.   The Language of Food



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

    MyPlate
    New USDA food pyramid.
    Old USDA food pyramid.

      WebPage

     Nutrition label.


    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]
    ~
    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 2 For Fun Trivia


    Week 2 First Question


    What would Willie Nelson's Last Supper be?

    One what?


    Willie Nelson

      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
    envelope
    23 - 29 January 2022

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

    su2025 Live Chat for Picking a Project Topic
    Week 2, Tuesday, 17 June 2025, 7:00-8:00 CDT Sign in on Canvas.

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

    s2025 Wk 4 Informal Project Statement, or Project Proposal (up to 20 points) due by the end of Week 4, Sunday, 9 February 2025

    ~


    From the Week 2 Reading Assignment
    • Eating Culture, Part Two: Ingredients , Ch. 2, "Settled Ingredients: Domestic Food Production"

    (.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]

      Eating Culture: An Anthropological Guide to Food

    ~

    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)

    Eating Culture: An Anthropological Guide to Food   Omnivore's Dilemma text.   The Language of Food


    ~
     Week 3 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 3 For Fun Trivia

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




     Wikimedia: Kobako

     
    Answer



    Week 3 For Fun Trivia

    The human brain encodes what three factors in processing nouns?

    the human brain

    Answer

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    ~
    s2025 Wk 4 Informal Project Statement, or Project Proposal (up to 20 points) due by the end of Week 4, Sunday, 9 February 2025
     
    s2025 Wk 4 Midterm Exam Submitted Question is due by the end of Week 4, Sunday, 9 February 2025

    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"
    envelope
    30 January - 5 February 2022

    AF What's Happening Week 4? (.pdf)
    Happy New Year 2022
    Punxsutawney Phil's 2022 Groundhog Day Report

    This Week . . .
         
    1.   read the "What's Happening Week 4?" Memo (above)
    2.   have a look at the video
    3.   read the assigned readings
    4.   catch up on your assignments
    5.   start thinking about reviewing for the Midterm Exam, and
    6.   work on your Project, and
    7.   (optional) peruse the WebPages (below)
    Ketchup
    catch up / review / preview


    Notes:

    Start Reviewing for the Midterm Exam


    s2025 Wk 4 Midterm Exam Submitted Question is due by the end of Week 4, Sunday, 9 February 2025

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

    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


    su2025 Live Chat for Picking a Project Topic
    Week 2, Tuesday, 17 June 2025, 7:00-8:00 CDT Sign in on Canvas.

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


    s2025 Wk 4 Informal Project Statement, or Project Proposal (up to 20 points) due by the end of Week 4, Sunday, 9 February 2025


    Review Check List

    Hunting / Gathering / Foraging
    and the Emergence of Food Production

    • 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


    Resources

    Texts:

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

    • Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan

      • Ch. 15 "The forager"
      • Ch. 16 "The omnivore's dilemma"
      • Ch. 17 "The ethics of eating animals"
      • Ch. 18 "Hunting: the meat"
      • Ch. 19 "Gathering: the fungi"
      • Ch. 20 "The perfect meal"

    Videos:

    • Desert People

    • Did Cooking Make Us Human?

    • National Geographic "Extreme Cuisine" Video Clips

    Slide Decks:

    "Hunter-Gathering or Foraging"

    "Horticulture"
     Horticulture WebPage (optional resources)

    "Pastoralism"

    Pastoralism WebPage (optional resources)

    "Intensive Agriculture"


    Contemporary Peasant Societies

    Review "Food in Historical Perspective: Dietary Revolutions"


    Where Do Cuisines Come From?





    Adorno

    Netsilik man hunting.
    Hunting seal on the Spring Ice


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



    Nepal girl with yak_100.
    Girl with baby yak
    Nepal



    Nepal girl with yak_100.
    Yak milking

    Tibet

    Tehuacan maize.

    Prehistoric Maize
    Tehuacán
    , Mexico


    Aztec statuary of a male figure holding a cacao pod.
    Aztec Cacao Sculpture


    Azted feast.
    Aztec Feast
    Maize god.
    Maize God
    Temple 22
    A.D. 680-750
    Copán, Honduras
    Neandertal hunter.

    Neandertal Hunter
     

    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

     Week 4 Reading Assignments

    [click ↑ here]


    Eating Culture: An Anthropological Guide to Food   Omnivore's Dilemma text.   The Language of Food


    ~
     Week 4 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 4 For Fun Trivia

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

     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


      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

    envelope
    6 - 12 February 2022

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


    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


    peruse:
    "Extreme Cuisine"

    Entomophagy WebPage
    (optional resource)

     Durian.

    Durian

     
    video: Durian

    peruse:
     Anthropophagy

    See this Week 's Forums
    ~

     Week 5 Reading Assignments

    [click ↑ here]


    Eating Culture: An Anthropological Guide to Food   Omnivore's Dilemma text.   The Language of Food


    ~
     Week 5 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 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

    ~

    s2025 Project's formal Promissory Abstract and Working Bibliography (up to 20 points) due by Sunday, 2 March 2025 . . . or soon thereafter (submit them together)


    Week 6
     
    Midterm Exam
    and after the exam . . .
    "Recipes and Dishes"
    envelope
    13 - 19 February 2022
     
    AF What's Happening Week 6? (.pdf)
    AF Happy Valentine's Day (.pdf)

     Happy World Anthropology Day!

      Heart


    MIDTERM EXAM


    Information on the Midterm Exam
    [click ↑ here]

    s2025 Wk 6 The LIVE CHAT for the Anthropology of Food Midterm Exam will be Tuesday, 18 February, 7:00-8:00 p.m.

    s2025 Wk 6 the Anthropology of Food Midterm Exam will be available from 12:01 a.m. Monday, 17 February 2025 to 11:59 p.m. (10:00 p.m. starting time), Saturday, 22 February 2025

    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>

    s2025 Wk 4 Midterm Exam Submitted Question is due by the end of Week 4, Sunday, 9 February 2025

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



    ~

    s2025 Project's formal Promissory Abstract and Working Bibliography (up to 20 points) due by Sunday, 2 March 2025 . . . or soon thereafter (submit them together)


     


     Week 6 Reading Assignments

    [click ↑ here]

    Review for Midterm Exam

    s2025 Wk 4 Midterm Exam Submitted Question is due by the end of Week 4, Sunday, 9 February 2025

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



    s2025 Wk 6 the Anthropology of Food Midterm Exam will be available from 12:01 a.m. Monday, 17 February 2025 to 11:59 p.m. (10:00 p.m. starting time), Saturday, 22 February 2025

    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>

    For after the Midterm Exam

    •  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)

    Eating Culture: An Anthropological Guide to Food   Omnivore's Dilemma text.   The Language of Food


    ~
     Week 6 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 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



    Week 6 For Fun Trivia


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

    Ireland Famine Memorial, Dublin

    Answer

    ~
    Week 7
     
    "Eating-In: Commensality and Gastro-Politics"

    Midterm Exam Review
    envelope
    20 - 26 February 2022
     
    AF What's Happening Week 7? (.pdf)

    ~

     Week 7 Reading Assignments

    [click ↑ here]

    •  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)

    Eating Culture: An Anthropological Guide to Food   Omnivore's Dilemma text.   The Language of Food


    ~
     Week 7 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 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.)

     spaghetti and meatballs

     Answer
    ~
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    Week 8
     
    "Eating-Out and Gastronom"
    envelope
    27 February - 5 March 2022

    AF What's Happening Week 8? (.pdf) (Sunday, 27 February 2022)

    It's Mardi Gras Time! (.pdf)
    (Tuesday, 1 March 2021)


    ~

     Week 8 Reading Assignments

    [click ↑ here]

    •  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)

    Eating Culture: An Anthropological Guide to Food   Omnivore's Dilemma text.   The Language of Food


    ~
     Week 8 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 8 For Fun Trivia


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

    Biscotti
     
    Bergischer Zwieback der Bergischen Kaffetafel in Radevormwald, Kottmannshausen 1.
    German zwiebach
    Italian biscotti

      Answer

    ~
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    Week 9
     
    "Gastro-Anomie: Global Indigestion?"
    envelope
    13 - 19 March 2022

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

    Thursday-Friday, 7 - 11 March 2021
    Spring Break

    (optional)
    Thursday, 17 March 2021

     Happy St. Patrick's Day (.pdf)

    What are the Irish (in Ireland) Eating on St. Patrick's Day?


    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 Week

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

     
    REM:
    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 . . .
       
  • "SUNDAY MEMO" for the week . . .
  •    
  • VIDEO EXPLORATIONS . . .
  •    
  • SLIDE PRESENTATIONS . . .
  •    
  • READINGS for the week . . .
  •    
  • OTHER ASSIGNMENT INFORMATION . . .
  •    
  • MIDTERM AND FINAL EXAMS . . .
  •    
  • RESEARCH PROJECT for the term . . . on a topic of your choice related to the course
  •    
  • DISCUSSIONS . . . including your personal experiences
  •    
  • (optional) FOR FUN TRIVIA . . .
  •    
  • (optional) EXTRA CREDIT . . . on a topic of your choice related to the course
  •    
  • 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)

     Bina Agarwal



    Review Check List



    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
      • Food Aid and Trade

        • Decrease Food Aid to Other Countries
        • Trade Imbalances
        • Food Aid as Food Subsidy
    • 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

      Eating Culture: An Anthropological Guide to Food



       Week 9 Reading Assignments

    [click ↑ here]

    •  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)

    Eating Culture: An Anthropological Guide to Food   Omnivore's Dilemma text.   The Language of Food


    ~
     Week 9 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 9 For Fun 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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    Week 10
     

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

    envelope
    20 - 26 March 2022

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

     
    ~

        Week 10 Reading Assignments

    [click ↑ here]


    Eating Culture: An Anthropological Guide to Food   Omnivore's Dilemma text.   The Language of Food


    ~
     Week 10 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 10 For Fun Trivia


    Is Former President Obama's Chili a Winner?

    President Obama

     Answer

    Former 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 -- , POLITICO (16 January 2017)

    ~
    ~
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    Week 11
     

    "
    Epilogue: Leftovers to Takeaway"

    Primer on Presentations and Term Papers

    The Language of Food

    envelope
    27 March - 2 April 2022

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



    Student Presentations

    Your Presentation is due on-line


    Primer on Presentations and Term Papers


    Have a look at the other Students' Presentations

    ~

     Week 11 Reading Assignments

    [click ↑ here]


    Eating Culture: An Anthropological Guide to Food   Omnivore's Dilemma text.   The Language of Food


    ~
     Week 11 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 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
     

    "
    Epilogue: Leftovers to Takeaway"

    Primer on Presentations and Term Papers

    The Language of Food

    envelope
    3 - 9 April 2022
     
    AF What's Happening Week 12? (.pdf)

    ~

     Week 12 Reading Assignments

    [click ↑ here]


    Eating Culture: An Anthropological Guide to Food   Omnivore's Dilemma text.   The Language of Food


    ~
     Week 12 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 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.

    Answer



    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
    envelope
    10 - 16 April 2022
    AF What's Happening Week 13? (.pdf)

    Term Paper Review


    fs2025 Wk 13 (optional) Extra Credit Paper(s) due by Sunday, 20 April 2025

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


    Ketchup
    catch up / review / preview
    ~

     Week 13 Reading Assignments

    [click ↑ here]


    Eating Culture: An Anthropological Guide to Food   Omnivore's Dilemma text.   The Language of Food


    ~
     Week 13 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 13 For Fun Trivia


    Are you really what you eat?

    You are what you eat

    Answer

    ~


    s2025 Wk 14 Final Exam Submitted Question due by 11:59 p.m. Sunday, 27 April 2025.


    ~

    s2025 Wk 14 Term Paper (up to 400 points) due by Sunday, 27 April 2025.

    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
    envelope
    17 - 23 April 2022

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



    REM: Review Student Presentations

    ~
    The EU Chocolate Wars: A Run-up to Scaling
    (time permitting)
    (.pptx)
    Cadbury
    Chocolate bar 88%.
    Cholate bar 99%.

      chocolate

    ~

    s2025 Wk 14 Final Exam Submitted Question due by 11:59 p.m. Sunday, 27 April 2025.


    ~

    s2025 Wk 14 Term Paper (up to 400 points) due by Sunday, 27 April 2025.

    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 14 Reading Assignments

    [click ↑ here]

    •  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)

    Eating Culture: An Anthropological Guide to Food



    Omnivore's Dilemma text.



    The Language of Food
    ~
     Week 14 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 14 For Fun Trivia

    tba

    Answer

    ~
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    s2025 Final Evaluation due on-line by the last day of the term, Saturday, 10 May 2025.


     
    Week 15
     
    The End . . . and The Future

    Focus: Wrapping it All Up

    Summary / Review

    Student Presentations

    Course Evaluations

    Final Exam Notes

    The Future of Food
    envelope
    24 - 30 April 2022

     Wrapping it up

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

     Lady Justice (Iustitia, the Roman Goddess of Justice).
    Course Evaluation
    On-line from IT


    The friendly folks from the UM Office of Measurement Services have sent you an Invitation and Reminder to Participate in an online Course Evaluation.

    Evaluations are important to me, the Department Head, and the Dean, as well as everyone in our Department.

    Please fill out the online Student Rating of Teaching (SRT)  carefully. 

    Evaluations are anonymous and will not be seen by the instructor until final grades for this course have been recorded, and then only aggregate information from the entire class will be passed onto the faculty member. 

    Your input will help improve this course.

    Thanks,

    Tim Roufs

    For assistance: eval@umn.edu or 1-HELP
    For SRT information: http://oms.umn.edu/srt

    Office of Measurement Services, 879 29th Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414 privacy statement.




    REM: Review Student Presentations



    FINAL EXAM


    Information on the Final Exam 
    [click ↑ here]

    s2025 Wk 16 The LIVE CHAT for the Anthropology of Food Final Exam will be Tuesday, 6 May 2025, 7:00-8:00 p.m.

    s2025 Wk 16 The Anthropology of Food Final Exam will be available from 12:01 a.m. Monday, 5 May 2025, until 11:59 p.m., Friday, 9 May 2025.
    NOTE: There will be at least one question in the pool from each of the assigned videos since the Midterm Exam, so be sure not to miss watching them.

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

    s2025 Wk 14 Final Exam Submitted Question due by 11:59 p.m. Sunday, 27 April 2025.





    s2025 Final Evaluation due on-line by the last day of the term, Saturday, 10 May 2025.


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     Week 15 Reading Assignments

    [click ↑ here]

    •  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"

    Eating Culture: An Anthropological Guide to Food   Omnivore's Dilemma text.   The Language of Food


    ~
     Week 15 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 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

    Still Life with Anchovies, 1972
      Antonio Sicurezza

     Wikipedia

    Answer

    ~
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    s2025 Final Evaluation due on-line by the last day of the term, Saturday, 10 May 2025.


     
    Week 16
     
    Final Exam Week
    envelope
    1 - 7 May 2022

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

    AF End of Term Memo (.pdf)
    with Grade Information

    ~
    s2025 Wk 16 The LIVE CHAT for the Anthropology of Food Final Exam will be Tuesday, 6 May 2025, 7:00-8:00 p.m.
    s2025 Wk 16 The Anthropology of Food Final Exam will be available from 12:01 a.m. Monday, 5 May 2025, until 11:59 p.m., Friday, 9 May 2025.
    NOTE: There will be at least one question in the pool from each of the assigned videos since the Midterm Exam, so be sure not to miss watching them.

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

    s2025 Final Evaluation due on-line by the last day of the term, Saturday, 10 May 2025.


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    ~

     Week 16 Reading Assignments

    [click ↑ here]

    Eating Culture: An Anthropological Guide to Food



    Omnivore's Dilemma text.



    The Language of Food
    ~
     Week 16 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 16 For Fun Trivia

    tba

    Answer
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    © 1998-2025 Timothy G. Roufs — All rights reserved

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    Moodle

    ~

     Dry fruits.

    What can I do with a degree in Anthropology?

    "


    This course is governed by the . . .

    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)

    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)

    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.


    for your research papers try the
    UMD Library > Research Tools and Resources >
    Assignment Calculator
    <http://www.d.umn.edu/lib/assign/>


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