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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 Fistfull of Rice
Nepal

Claire Kathleen Roufs eating first food at 5 months.

Claire Kathleen Roufs
U.S.A.

"Eating Rat At
The New Year"
Vietnam
National Geographic
Video

Desert People
Australia

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Anthropology of Food

Today is Thursday, 30 November 2023, 09:10 (09:10 AM) CST, day 334 of 2023

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AF Index of Major Items
AF 1.0 "Sunday Memos"		AF 2.0 Video Schedule
AF 3.0 Slides Schedule		AF 4.0 Text Assignments Schedule
AF 5.0 Other (check Canvas)		AF 6.0 Exams . . . (wk-6 and wk-16)
AF 7.0 REM: Work on Project		AF 8.0 Discussion(s)
AF Main Due Dates		AF Fall 2023 Calendar
		AF Spring 2024 Calendar

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Week 1
28 August - 2 September 2023

Introduction / Orientation:
Introduction to Anthropology / Orientation to the Course
(.pptx)

Meet Your Professor
(WebPage)
slides: (.pptx)

Week 2
3 - 9 September 2023

(optional) A Very Brief Outline of the Course Structure
(.pptx)

Main Characteristics of Anthropology

WebPage Summary

week 2:

The four fields of anthropology

(.pptx)

week 3:

culture as a primary concept

How about a little game of Jeopardy?

(.pptx)

week 3:

comparative method as major approach

(.pptx)

week 6:

holism as a primary theoretical goal

Anthropology and its Parts Chart
- Enlarged Chart: "Anthropology and . . . It's Parts"

(.pptx)

week 6:

fieldwork as a primary research technique

(.pptx)

(optional) Finding Information on Food of Different Countries and Cultures
(.pptx)

Week 3
10 - 16 September 2023

Main Characteristics of Anthropology

WebPage Summary

week 2:

The four fields of anthropology

(.pptx)

week 3:

culture as a primary concept

How about a little game of Jeopardy?

(.pptx)

week 3:

comparative method as major approach

(.pptx)

week 6:

holism as a primary theoretical goal

Anthropology and its Parts Chart
- Enlarged Chart: "Anthropology and . . . It's Parts"

(.pptx)

week 6:

fieldwork as a primary research technique

(.pptx)

Main Characteristics of Anthropology

WebPage Summary

week 2:

The four fields of anthropology

(.pptx)

week 3:

culture as a primary concept

How about a little game of Jeopardy?

(.pptx)

week 3:

comparative method as major approach

(.pptx)

week 6:

holism as a primary theoretical goal

Anthropology and its Parts Chart
- Enlarged Chart: "Anthropology and . . . It's Parts"

(.pptx)

week 6:

fieldwork as a primary research technique

(.pptx)

Week 4
17 - 23 September 2023

Human Nutrient Needs

Biocultural Framework for the Study of Diet and Nutrition: Introduction
[do not spend too much time on this slide set]

(.pptx)

TERMS:

Nutritional Status

(.pptx)

Biological Makeup (.pptx)

Human Nutritient Needs

(.pptx)

Diet (.pptx)

Cuisine (.pptx)

The Environments (.pptx)
- Physical
- Sociocultural
- Economic and Political

Food Systems
(.pptx)

Food Pyramid -- MyPlate
(.pptx)
WebPage

Diet and Human Evolution

Diet and Human Evolution: Introduction
[do not spend too much time on this slide set]

(.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]

A-Z Index
(.pptx)

Week 5
24 - 30 September 2023

Food Revolutions: A Little Background

A Little Background

(WebPage)

Food Revolutions: Neolithic / "Agricultural"

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)

See also Neolithic, Plant Domestication, Animal Domestication, Early Agriculture, Hunting / Gathering / Foraging, and Prehistoric Dentistry

Was the "invention" of agriculture all a huge mistake?

Nutritional Consequences of the Agricultural Revolution:
A Comparison of Foragers and Agriculturalists
(Indian Knoll and Hardin Village)
(.pptx)

Social and Political Consequences of the Agricultural Revolution
(.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).

Food Revolutions: Spices

The Search for Spices

(.pptx)

See also Spices

Food Revolutions: Industrial

The Industrial Revolution

(.pptx)

• Early Technology: Transportation, Refrigeration, Canning

(.pptx)

See also The Scientific Revolution, Food Science

, Food Transportation, and Cf., Fernández-Armesto (2003)

Food Revolutions: Scientific

The Scientific Revolution

(.pptx)

• Modern-Day Adaptations

(.pptx)

• Highlight: Vegetarian Diets: Then and Now

(.pptx)

See also The Industrial Revolution, Food Science, Food Chemistry, Bio-Physical Anthropology and Food, Genetically Modified (GM) Foods, Nanofoods, Food Safety, and Food Transportation

Week 6
1 - 7 October 2023

Main Characteristics of Anthropology

WebPage Summary

week 2:

The four fields of anthropology

(.pptx)

week 3:

culture as a primary concept

How about a little game of Jeopardy?

(.pptx)

week 3:

comparative method as major approach

(.pptx)

week 6:

holism as a primary theoretical goal

Anthropology and its Parts Chart
- Enlarged Chart: "Anthropology and . . . It's Parts"

(.pptx)

week 6:

fieldwork as a primary research technique

(.pptx)

Main Characteristics of Anthropology

WebPage Summary

week 2:

The four fields of anthropology

(.pptx)

week 3:

culture as a primary concept

How about a little game of Jeopardy?

(.pptx)

week 3:

comparative method as major approach

(.pptx)

week 6:

holism as a primary theoretical goal

Anthropology and its Parts Chart
- Enlarged Chart: "Anthropology and . . . It's Parts"

(.pptx)

week 6:

fieldwork as a primary research technique

(.pptx)

Midterm Exam

s2024 Wks 6 the Anthropology of Food Midterm Exam will be available from 12:01 a.m. Monday, 12 February 2024 to 11:59 p.m. (10:00 p.m. starting time), Saturday, 17 February 2024

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>

Week 7
8 - 14 October 2023

Obesity and Eating Disorders . . .

The "Obesity Epidemic"
(.pptx)

Optional:

Body Image and Eating Behaviors (.pptx)
Eating Disorders (.pptx)
Causes of Eating Disorders (.pptx)
Obesity, Eating Disorders: Applications (.pptx)

Week 8
15 - 21 October 2023

Sherri A. Inness,
Secret Ingredients: Race, Gender, and Class at the Dinner Table
and friends
Ch. 8

Two Fat Ladies slides
(.pptx)

Fall Break 26 - 27 October 2023

Week 9
22 - 28 October 2023

Sherri A. Inness,
Secret Ingredients: Race, Gender, and Class at the Dinner Table
and friends
Chs. 1-7

Secret Ingredients slides
(.pptx)

Week 10
29 October - 4 November 2023

"Other Important Terms"

(.pptx)

Units of Analysis

(.pptx)

Three Major Perennial Debates

(.pptx)

(NOTE: These are long slide decks 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.)

Week 11
5 - 11 November 2023

"Other Important Terms"

(.pptx)

Units of Analysis

(.pptx)

Three Major Perennial Debates

(.pptx)

Week 12
12 - 18 November 2023

"Other Important Terms"

(.pptx)

Units of Analysis

(.pptx)

Three Major Perennial Debates

(.pptx)

Week 13
19 - 25 November 2023

EU Chocolate Wars: A Run-up to Scaling
(.pptx)

Week 14
25 November - 2 December 2023

Review the Following Slide Decks
(Yes, one more time before the Final Exam)

Ask yourself, "How do these characteristics relate to my Term Paper and Presentation?"

Main Characteristics of Anthropology

WebPage Summary

week 2:

The four fields of anthropology

(.pptx)

week 3:

culture as a primary concept

How about a little game of Jeopardy?

(.pptx)

week 3:

comparative method as major approach

(.pptx)

week 6:

holism as a primary theoretical goal

Anthropology and its Parts Chart
- Enlarged Chart: "Anthropology and . . . It's Parts"

(.pptx)

week 6:

fieldwork as a primary research technique

(.pptx)

week 10:

"Other Important Terms"

(.pptx)

week 11:

Units of Analysis

(.pptx)

week 12:

Three Major Perennial Debates

(.pptx)

Week 15
4 - 9 December 2023

See Student Presentations in Your

folder

Week 16
10 - 16 December 2023

Final Exams Week

Final Exam

f2023 Wk 16 The Anthropology of Food Final Exam will be available from 12:01 a.m. Monday, 11 December 2023, until 11:59 p.m., Friday, 15 December 2023.

NOTE: There will be at least one question in the pool from each of the assigned videos from Weeks 5-15, so be sure not to miss watching them.

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

s2024 Wk 16 The Anthropology of Food Final Exam will be available from 12:01 a.m. Monday, 29 April 2024, until 11:59 p.m., Friday, 3 May 2024.

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AF Index of Major Items
AF 1.0 "Sunday Memos"		AF 2.0 Video Schedule
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AF 5.0 Other (check Canvas)		AF 6.0 Exams . . . (wk-6 and wk-16)
AF 7.0 REM: Work on Project		AF 8.0 Discussion(s)
AF Main Due Dates		AF Fall 2023 Calendar
		AF Spring 2024 Calendar

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