Additional Information

Course Number

ANTH538

Course Description

Explores cultural and social understandings of food cross-culturally, including the symbolic meanings that people attribute to food and its consumption. Critically investigates the intersecting political, economic, social, and cultural influences on hunger, malnutrition, and other health concerns associated with food and nutrition globally. Assesses applied anthropological approaches to reducing hunger and other nutrition related health problems.

Syllabus Available

No

Notes

Prerequisite: None.
Restriction: Must be a: Graduate, Graduate cooperative program.
Registration Information: Graduate standing. Credit not allowed for both ANTH 538 or ANTH 581A2.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

Taxonomies

RPA Codes & Standards

• Adequate Preparation for Research Projects
• Integrity of Research Methodology

CIfA Codes

• Principle 3: Responsibility for acquiring and recording reliable information of the past in archaeological research

Keywords & Terms

• Conservation
• Environmental Impact and Issues
• Impact on Communities - Local, Descendant, etc.

Topics & Issues

• Conservation and Ethics
• Environmental Issues, Impacts, and Regulations
• Ethical Dilemmas
• Ethnography
• Sustainability