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Thursday, 01 June 2023, 16:36 (04:36 PM) CDT, day 152 of 2023
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FoodPressReleases.com

Food and Drug Administration Wire
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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
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Claire Kathleen Roufs eating first food at 5 months.
Claire Kathleen Roufs
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Eating rat.
"Eating Rat At
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Vietnam
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Desert People
Australia
 

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Anthropology of Food
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All readings are from the textbooks listed on the Class Textbook WebPage

REM: The Midterm Exam and the Final Exam are open-book / open-notes exams

Before you begin to look at the textbooks,
see the note about the exams on the Class Textbook WebPage


 Eating Culture: An Anthropological Guide to Food
The Language of Food
 

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Week 1
5 - 10 June 2023


Introduction to Anthropology / Orientation to the Course:
"Setting the Anthropological Table"

     
 
  • Eating Culture, Second Edition, Gillian Crowther

    • INTRODUCTION, "SETTING THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL TABLE"
    • CHAPTER ONE: OMNIVOROUSNESS: CLASSIFYING FOOD
    • Glossary page through the Glossary on pp. 301-312 and familiarize yourelf with the terms
 
 

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Week 2
11 - 17 June 2023

"Omnivorousness: Defining Food"

"Settled Ingredients: Domestic Food Production"

     
   
 

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Week 3
18 - 24 June 2023

Hunting / Gathering / Foraging and the Emergence of Food Production

     
 
  •  Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan -- a nice easy summer perfect beach read

    • 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"

    Michael Pollan discusses "The forager" and "The ethics of eating animals" as he has a go at hunting / gathering / foraging as a way people used to get their food in nonindustrialized societies.

 
 

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Week 4
25 June - 1 July 2023

"Mobile Ingredients: Global Food Production"
"Cooks and Kitchens"

     
 
  • Eating Culture, Second Edition, Gillian Crowther

    • CHAPTER THREE: MOBILE INGREDIENTS: ROOTS, ROUTES, AND REALITIES OF INDUSTRIALIZED AGRICULTURE
    • CHAPTER FOUR: COOKS AND KITCHENS
 
     
     
     
 


Review for Midterm Exam

su2023 Wk 4 Midterm Exam Submitted Question Due by Sunday, 25 June 2023

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

su2023 Wks 4-5 Because of the Fourth of July Holiday, and some folks traveling the weekend before, the Anthropology of Food Midterm Exam will be available for an extended period, starting 12:01 a.m. Thursday, 29 June 2023 to 11:59 p.m. (10:00 p.m. starting time), Thursday, 6 July 2023

NOTE: There will be at least one question in the pool from each of the assigned videos from Weeks 1-4, so be sure not to miss watching them.

Video Listings: <https://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anthfood/afvideo_schedule.html#week01>

 
 

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Week 5
2 - 8 July 2023

"Recipes and Dishes"

     
 
  • The Language of Food, Dan Jurafsky

    • "Introduction"
    • Ch. 1 "How to Read a Menu"
    • Ch. 2 "Entrée"
    • Ch. 3 "From Sikbāj to Fish and Chips"
 
 
Ketchup bottle.
Catch Up / Review / Preview

 
 

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Week 6
9 - 15 July 2023

"Eating-In: Commensality and Gastro-Politics"

     
 

For after the Midterm Exam

  • The Language of Food, Dan Jurafsky

    • Ch. 4 "Ketchup, Cocktails, and Pirates"
    • Ch. 5 "A Toast to Toast"
    • Ch. 6 "Who Are You Calling a Turkey?"
    • "Epilogue"
 
 
 
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Week 7
9 - 15 July 2023

"Eating-Out and Gastronomy"
"Gastro-Anomie: Global Indigestion?"

     
 
  • Eating Culture, Second Edition, Gillian Crowther

    • CHAPTER SEVEN: EATING-OUT AND GASTRONOMY
    • CHAPTER EIGHT: GLOBAL INDIGESTION: RESETTING THE AGENDA FOR FOOD SECURITY
 
     

su2023 Wk 7 Final Exam Submitted Question due by 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, 19 July 2023

     

su2023 Wk 7 (optional) Extra Credit Paper(s) due by Saturday, 22 July 2023

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.

 

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Week 8
23 - 28 July 2023

"Local Digestion: Making the Global at Home"
World Hunger and Other International and Global Food Issues
The Future of Food

     
   
     
     
     
     
 

su2023 Wk 8 Term Paper (up to 400 points) due by Wednesday, 25 July 2023

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?
 
     
 
su2023 Wk 8 The Anthropology of Food Final Exam will be available from 12:01 a.m. Thursday, 27 July 2023, until 11:59 p.m., Friday, 28 July 2023
NOTE: There will be at least one question in the pool from each of the assigned videos from Weeks 5-8, so be sure not to miss watching them.

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

 
 

 
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