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Spring 2019 | SOC 3613W Section 001: Stuffed and Starved: The Politics of Eating (66256)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
SOC 4411 Section 001
SOC 4411H Section 001
SOC 5411 Section 001
SOC 3613V Section 001
GLOS 3613W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Tue,
Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 235
- Enrollment Status:
Open (49 of 50 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course takes a cross-cultural, historical, and transnational perspective to the study of the global food system. Themes explored include: different cultural and social meanings attached to food; social class and consumption; the global food economy; global food chains; work in the food sector; the alternative food movement; food justice; environmental consequences of food production. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- 30 seats reserved for sociology majors through Dec 3, 2018. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?schurman+SOC3613W+Spring2019
- Class Description:
- Hamburgers and a Coke, rice and beans, collard greens, "sustainable" sushi. What meanings do these foods conjure up, and for whom? Where are their ingredients grown, and what are the social and environmental impacts? Who prepares these dishes and who eats them? This course is built on two central premises: first, that the production, distribution, and consumption of food is profoundly relational, connecting different groups of people and places; and second, that one can gain great insights into these social relations through a sociological and political-economic analysis of food. This course takes a cross-cultural, historical, and transnational perspective to the study of the agrifood system. Among the themes we explore are the different cultural and social meanings attached to food; social class and consumption; work in the food sector; the global food economy; the idea of "food justice"; and the environmental consequences of food production. We will also study social movements seeking to change the food system. The general objective of this course is to teach you how to view the world of food and agriculture from a sociological and global perspective. A more specific objective is to get you to think analytically about something that is so "everyday" that most of us take it for granted: where our food comes from and why, why we eat the way (and what) we do, and the kind of social and political-economic relationships involved in our food encounters. As in all of our sociology courses, honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of understanding in their written assignments, oral participation, and course activities.
- Grading:
- A-F, no incompletes
- Class Format:
- lectures, films, guest speakers, class discussion.
- Workload:
- Students can expect to read between 60-80 pages a week, write weekly commentaries that demonstrate your understanding of the readings, write one short paper, and write a 6-8 page, research-based policy brief on a course-related topic. The writing-intensive course is also heavily discussion-based, and attendance and active participation are required.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66256/1193
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 November 2018
ClassInfo Links - Spring 2019 Sociology Classes