Anthropology & Food in Everyday Life

This introduction to anthropology will examine everyday experiences that we often give little or no thought to, showing that what we take to be common sense is anything but common. Centered on the getting, cooking, sharing and eating of food, this subject will introduce social and cultural anthropology as a discipline that celebrates human diversity, allows us to consider our place and potential in the world through critical self-reflection, and invites a deeper understanding of people’s practices and beliefs. Drawing on written studies, anthropological film, and popular media from around the globe, students will be guided through key theories and methods in social and cultural anthropology, and they will be introduced to important debates within the discipline.

分析食物在文化和社会中的角色。

• 1Apply critical anthropological thinking to one's own everyday practices and beliefs relating to food, eating, and waste
• 2Demonstrate a basic understanding of key theoretical debates in anthropology and how to relate these debates to everyday practice
• 3Engage in critical discussion of ethnographic and anthropological texts and film
• 4Research, access, and reference anthropological and other academic texts
• 5Comprehend and analyse academic texts and other media at a foundational level
• 6Demonstrate basic competency in communicating ideas and arguments through academic writing and other media
• 7Engage with sensitivity, reflexivity, and empathy in engaging with diverse practices and forms of knowledge.