Anthropology of Food

http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anthfood/

Anth 3888 Fall 2020
Anthropology of Food
University of Minnesota Duluth
46433-001 (01/15/2020 - 05/01/2020), instruction mode: Online, Roufs,Tim, 3 credits
Schedule may change as events of the semester require

Calendar

"What you eat, and why you eat it . . ."

"This course dared me to find out where our food comes from, and has changed the way I think about the world. The 'textbooks' . . . were a joy to read. In short, this is the one course everyone who eats needs to take." — Andy Kadlec, UMD Labovitz School of Business

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links to current weeks

holidays and breaks

to textbook

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Office Hours:

Fall (28 August - 15 December) 2024

Spring (15 January - 9 May) 2025

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		or e-mail troufs@d.umn.edu to set up a private time to ZOOM

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Contact Information:

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Course URL:

General Course Information:

http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anthfood/afcourseinfo.html#title

:
First-Day Handout
(syllabus):

Meet Your Professor
<http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/MeetYourProfessor.html>
Slides: (.pptx)

General Course Information

Why food?

“Food is required by every human on earth, yet the types of food we eat and how we produce and consume it vary tremendously. It is therefore a nearly perfect subject for anthropology, since it can be examined in terms of human biology, culture, and social status across time from our evolutionary ancestors to the present day. . . .” -- Ryan Adams, IUPUI Anthropology

TAPS Magazine, Karla Dudley, Editor in Chief, Winter 2012 cover

Karla Dudley, Editor in Chief,
TAPS The Beer Magazine
Winter 2012

Top people in the world are into Food . . .

On the Future of Fod, HRH The Prince of Wales.

Will Allen

Growing Power

one of
The 2010 TIME 100, Heroes
"The World's Most Influential People"
-- Van Jones, Time 29 April 2010

and
Will appears on the RODALE 100 "definitive list of the 100 people, products, companies, and organizations positively impacting our world"

Michael Pollan

Food Rules
The Omnivore's Dilemma

one of
The 2010 TIME 100, Thinkers
"The World's Most Influential People"
-- Alice Waters, Time 29 April 2010

HRH Prince Charles

On the Future of Food

Prince William returns to university to study farming

William to take Cambridge University agriculture course

BBC News (30 December 2013)

Food Babe, One of Time's 30 Most Influential People on the Web

Read the full piece in Time Magazine here

And on American Public Media . . .

http://www.splendidtable.org/bio/lynne-rossetto-kasper

Francis Lam

The Splended Table

Michelle Obama
having lunch with school children at Parklawn Elementary School in Alexandria, VA
New York Times (25 January 2012)

Let's Move
blog

Donald Trump
having lunch at the White House Dinner

The World's Best Praline comes from . . .

Oscar Ortega

Master Chocolatier

"One of the most famous chocolatiers of the American Continent"

Atelier Ortega
Jackson, Wyoming

Best Pralines in the world 2015 -- Milan, Italy

Best Pastry Chef of América 2011

“First Place - Gelato World Cup - Cactus Fruit Sorbet” — Rimini, Italy

“Oscar Ortega - Top ten pastry chef in America” — Dessert Professional Magazine

TEXTBOOKS

textbooks for the course
general textbook information

The exams will be open-book essays constructed from a list of study questions that you help create, so it would be a good idea for you to have your own copy of each text you plan to use in the exams.

Gillian Crowther

author Interview
Teaching Culture

Michael Pollan

Dan Jurafsky

Meet Daniel Jurafsky

Eating Culture: An Anthropological Guide to Food, Second Edition.

The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals.

The Language of Food: A Linguist Reads The Menu

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2018.
384 pages
ISBN-10: 1487593295
ISBN-13: 978-1487593292

NY: Penguin, 2007.
464 pages
ISBN-10: 0143038583
ISBN-13: 978-0143038580

NY: W. W. Norton, 2014.
272 pages
ISBN-10: 0393240835
ISBN-13: 978-0393240832

The course anchor text, Eating Culture: An Anthropological Guide to Food, Second Edition, by Gillian Crowther,

is currently available on-line for $48.95 new, $19.00 used, and $31.16 e-Textbook.
(+ p/h, where applicable, at amazon.com & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25).
(5 August 2020)

[It has been offered on-line for as much as $tba, or even more, so be careful to check prices.]
(+ p/h, where applicable, at amazon.com & eligible for FREE Prime Shipping on orders over $25).

Other on-line and brick and mortar stores should have comparable offers.

The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (2007)
is currently available on-line for $11.29 new, $1.35 used, $9.99 Kindle, and $0.00 Audiobook.
(+ p/h, where applicable, at amazon.com & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25).
(5 August 2020)

Note: The Omnivore's Dilemma: The Secrets Behind What You Eat, Young Readers Edition (2009), also by Michael Pollen, is a different edition of the book.

The Language of Food: A Linguist Reads The Menu
is currently available on-line new for $13.57 (ppbk.), $2.00 used, $9.99 Kindle, and $13.71 Audiobook. (+ p/h, where applicable, at amazon.com & eligible for FREE Prime Shipping on orders over $25).
(5 August 2020)

Eller, Jack David. 2014 Review of Eating Culture: An Anthropological Guide to Food. Anthropology Review Database January 12, 2014. http://wings.buffalo.edu/ARD/cgi/showme.cgi?keycode=5820, accessed June 17, 2014.

Eating Culture: Sample Student Assignments for the Anthropology of Food -- October 7, 2013. Accssed June 17, 2014.

University of Toronto Press Listing

The Language of Food Blog

Stanford course

Textbooks are available from these sources . . .

Chegg [rental]

CheapestTextbooks.com

CourseSmart.com

TextbookMedia.com

Direct Textbook

Welcome to Anthropology of Food

(textbooks for the course and general textbook information)

Woman and Blueberries, Parick DesJarlait, 1971

Rice Gatherers 1867
Seth Eastman (1808-1875)
from The Anishinabe of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe (1975; 2013),
Timothy G. Roufs, Phoenix: Indian Tribal Series; Reprinted, Cass Lake, MN: Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, 2013, p. 27.

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links to current weeks

holidays and breaks

to textbook

final exams

Holidays Fall 2020

Week 2	Labor Day (U.S.A.)	7 September 2020
Weeks 3-4	Rosh Hashanah	from sunset, 18 September - nightfall, 20 September 2020
Week 6	Yom Kippur	from sunset, 8 October - nightfall, 9 October 2019
Week 7	Thanksgiving (Canada)	12 October 2020
Week 10	Dia de los Muertos	2 November 2020 Allhallowtide: 31 October 2020 1 November 2020 All Saints' Day 2 November 2020 All Souls' Day
Week 11	Diwali ("festival of lights")	14 November 2020 (in Nepal, India (North) and several other countries)
Week 13	Thanksgiving (United States)	26 November 2020

Week 1

Getting Started

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

Greetings!

Welcome!

What's Happening Week 1? (.pdf)

Week 1

Have a look at the linked materials in the various units as you go along (such as the "First-Day Handout" [syllabus]:in the next section), and look at the slide materials*
(indicated by .pptx)

There will be more slides towards the beginning of the term, and more videos towards the middle and at the end, and we will finish off the semester with presentations of your Term Project.

It is generally best to watch the videos after you have looked at the slides and reading material(s).

Thanks—Tim Roufs

:
First-Day Handout
(syllabus):

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

General Course Information

COURSE STRUCTURE
ANTH 3888 Anthropology of Food consists of three main segments:
	I	Orientation and Background
			Introduction
			Basic Concepts
			History
			Theory
			Methods and Techniques
	II	Explorations
			Comparative / Cross-Cultural
			Holistic (holism slides.pptx)
			Ethnographic Case Studies from the Real World: Real People . . . Real Places from Around the Globe
	III	Student Presentations on Term Research Project
A dditional General Course Information

The Course in a Nutshell

COURSE CONTENT primarily comes from the following sources . . .
		"SUNDAY MEMO" for the week . . .
		VIDEO EXPLORATIONS . . .
		SLIDE PRESENTATIONS . . .
		READINGS for the week . . .
		OTHER ASSIGNMENT INFORMATION . . .
		MIDTERM AND FINAL EXAMS . . .
		RESEARCH PROJECT for the term . . . on a topic of your choice related to the course
		DISCUSSIONS . . . including your personal experiences
		(optional) FOR FUN TRIVIA . . .
		(optional) EXTRA CREDIT . . . on a topic of your choice related to the course
		OTHER (optional) . . .
		IN-THE-NEWS . . .
Course Structure
		PLEASE NOTE: Both the Midterm Exam and Final Exam are open-book/open-notes essay exams. So there should be very little work and effort spent on memorizing facts, other than, perhaps, where to go to find the information you are looking for. More Information on Exams: Midterm / Final
A dditional General Course Information

Orientation
slides: (.pptx)

handout:
Anthropology and Its Parts

Have a look at the Main Characteristics of Anthropology full long slide deck (.pptx)
or have a look at the Main Characteristics in segments . . .

(NOTE: The full set is a long slide deck as it covers some very important background information that will be referred to often as we go through the semester. Please bear with it to the end. And it will take a little longer to load, so please bear with that also, or have a look at all of the various segments separately.)

WebPage Summary

Chart: "Anthropology and . . . It's Parts"

"Other Important Terms"
slides: (.pptx)
Units of Analysis
slides: (.pptx)
Three Major Perennial Debates
slides: (.pptx)

(NOTE: These are long slide sets 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.)

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

Week 1 Reading Assignment

Eating Culture, Second Edition, Gillian Crowther
- INTRODUCTION, "SETTING THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL TABLE"
- Glossary page through the Glossary on pp. 301-312 and familiarize yourelf with the terms

Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan

(Assignments start in Week 2)
The Language of Food, Dan Jurafsky

(Assignments start in Week 4)

Week 1 Video Explorations

Week 1 has no Video Explorations

For Week's Activities see Canvas
These include items like Discussion (Forum) postings on timely issues, video evaluation feedback, Live Chats (for exam prep and project information), making up exam questions, Project information (on term Presentation and Term Paper), and (from time to time) other activities.

Week 1 For Fun: Food Trivia

What is longest word ever to appear in all of literature?

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Week 2

"Omnivorousness: Defining Food"

What's Happening Week 2? (.pdf)

Week 2

Have a look at these linked materials from the Week 1 Reading Assignment, and look at the slide materials.

Continue on in that same manner for all of the units that follow.

When reviewing these materials remember that the exams are open-book / open-notes exams.

Eating Culture, Part One: Edibility, Ch. 1, "Omnivorousness: Defining Food"

(The materials from Ch. 1 will be reviewed next Week in the Week 2 slide presentations)

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

Students in the past have commented that there is TOO MUCH INFORMATION available on the class WebSites. Yes, there is a lot of information, no doubt about it, and it can be confusing at first.It might be helpful to orient yourself from your HomePage. Most of the important information links are contained on that page.

Have a look at the information on your class project, which you can find at
<http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anthfood/afproject.html#title>.

Your class project is a short presentation plus your term paper on your research

f2024 Wk 4 Informal Project Statement, or Project Proposal

(up to 20 points) due by the end of Week 4, Sunday, 22 September 2024

Have a look at . . .

Points for Forum Posts and Project Updates
and
compare these points with official UMD Grading Policies

Forums, Sample Answers / Responses w / Grades
Anth 3618 Ancient Middle America Forum Response Samples
Anth 3635 Peoples and Cultures of Europe Forum Response Samples

and if you have any questions about the points
or about grading in general . . . ask

Review: Main Characteristics of Anthropology

Week 2 Reading Assignment

Eating Culture, Second Edition, Gillian Crowther
- CHAPTER ONE: OMNIVOROUSNESS: CLASSIFYING FOOD

Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan
- Ch. 15 "The forager"
- Ch. 16 "The omnivore's dilemma"
- Ch. 17 "The ethics of eating animals"
(We're starting this book here, with Michael Pollan's discussion of "The forager" and "The ethics of eating animals" as next Week we begin having a closer look at hunting / gathering / foraging as a way people get their food in nonindustrialized societies)
The Language of Food, Dan Jurafsky
- (Assignments start in Week 4)

MyPlate (as of 2 June 2011 replaced MyPyramid which on 19 April 2005 replaced The Food Guide Pyramid)

WebPage

USDA Food Guide Pyramid (.pptx)
[updated in 2005, then replaced by MyPlate in 2011]

Federal Agencies Regulating Food (.pptx)

Neolithic grinding stone
Prehistoric Iberia
Spain | Portugal

Ch. 15 "The forager"
Ch. 16 "The omnivore's dilemma"
Ch. 17 "The ethics of eating animals"

(We're starting this book here, with Michael Pollan's discussion of "The forager" and "The ethics of eating animals" as next Week we begin having a closer look at hunting / gathering / foraging as a way people get their food in nonindustrialized societies)

handout: "Archaeological Sequence from Tehuacán, Mexico"

Prehistoric Maize
Tehuacán, Mexic

Week 2 Video Explorations

View

That Sugar Film
(90 min., 2015)

That Sugar Film is also available on Amazon Prime

Official Website

That Sugar Film -- Wikipedia

Class Sugar WebPage

course viewing guide

Week 2 For Fun: Food Trivia

Week 2 First Question

What would Willie Nelson's Last Supper be?

One what?

Willie Nelson

Answer

Week 2 Second Question

What were the American frontiersman Kit Carson's Last Words?

"This is the last picture of Carson, which was taken by photographer James Wallace Black two months before his death. The portrait was made around March 20, 1868 during Carson's visit to Boston with Ouray and Ute chiefs. The print is signed by Carson and is the largest extant photograph of him." -- Kit Carson, Wikipedia

Answer

Screenshot of Moodle Main and Side Panels

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links to current weeks

holidays and breaks

to textbook

final exams

Week 3

"Settled Ingredients: Domestic Food Production"

Diet and Human Evolution
Prehistory of Food and Subsistence
Food in Historical Perspectives: Dietary Revolutions

What's Happening Week 3? (.pdf)

Week 3

s2024 Live Chat for Picking a Project Topic
Week 3, Tuesday, 23 January 2024, 7:00-8:00 CDT Sign in on .

These are optional. If you can not make them live e-mail or e-Zoom.

Join Chat

f2024 Wk 4 Informal Project Statement, or Project Proposal

(up to 20 points) due by the end of Week 4, Sunday, 22 September 2024

From the Week 2 Reading Assignment

Eating Culture, Part Two: Ingredients , Ch. 2, "Settled Ingredients: Domestic Food Production"

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]

Review: Main Characteristics of Anthropology

Week 3 Reading Assignment

Eating Culture, Second Edition, Gillian Crowther
- CHAPTER TWO: SETTLED INGREDIENTS: DOMESTIC FOOD PRODUCTION

Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan
- Ch. 18 "Hunting: the meat"
- Ch. 19 "Gathering: the fungi"
- Ch. 20 "The perfect meal"
(We're continuing this book here, with Michael Pollan's discussion of Hunting and Gathering, and in Ch. 2 of Eating Culture we have a closer look at hunting / gathering /foraging as a way people get their food in nonindustrialized societies)
The Language of Food, Dan Jurafsky
- (Assignments start in Week 4)

Class Cooking Page

Prehistoric Cultures Class Fire Page

Ch. 18 "Hunting: the meat"
Ch. 19 "Gathering: the fungi"
Ch. 20 "The perfect meal"

We're continuing this book here, with Michael Pollan's discussion of Hunting and Gathering, and in Ch. 2 of Eating Culture we have a closer look at hunting / gathering /foraging as a way people get their food in nonindustrialized societies.

Chapter 3 of Eating Culture, focuses on Food Technologies: How People Get Their Food in Industrial Societies.

Week 3 Video Explorations

video Week 3

Did Cooking Make Us Human?
(52 min., 2010, New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group)

BBC News film HomePage:
Did the discovery of cooking make us human?
-- BBCNews (02 March 2010)

Did Cooking Make Us Human? information from SBS Documentary

Available at:
Films on Demand Streaming Videos (Duluth campus)

(pursuant to licensing agreements some UMD streaming videos are not available outside of UMD)

Video: Did Cooking Make Us Human? BBC Horizon program.

youku link
view streaming video (youku)
DocumentaryTube Link
WatchDocumentary
YouTube

Trying the Hadza hunter-gatherer berry and porcupine diet -- BBCNews (27 July 2017)

video Week 3

Available in DVD only, for Extra Credit

Holy Cow
(60 min., 2004, UM Duluth Library Multimedia SF195 .H65 2004 DVD)
[second copy with Closed Captioning available]

film HomePage
course viewing guide

view streaming video
(double click on QuickTime^© window)
(pursuant to licensing agreements some UM streaming videos are not available outside of Moodle)

Nature WebSite

Holy Cow.

News Item: Cows Are Key to 2,500 Years of Human Progress
-- Guardian (04 April 2010)

Week 3 For Fun: Food Trivia

Why, in Austria, is a Wiener schnitzel protected by law,
but a Weiner würst is not protected?

Wikimedia: Kobako

The human brain encodes what three factors in processing nouns?

the human brain

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wk 12	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
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December 2020
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wk 16	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
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links to current weeks

holidays and breaks

to textbook

final exams

Holidays Fall 2020

Week 2	Labor Day (U.S.A.)	7 September 2020
Weeks 3-4	Rosh Hashanah	from sunset, 18 September - nightfall, 20 September 2020
Week 6	Yom Kippur	from sunset, 8 October - nightfall, 9 October 2019
Week 7	Thanksgiving (Canada)	12 October 2020
Week 10	Dia de los Muertos	2 November 2020 Allhallowtide: 31 October 2020 1 November 2020 All Saints' Day 2 November 2020 All Souls' Day
Week 11	Diwali ("festival of lights")	14 November 2020 (in Nepal, India (North) and several other countries)
Week 13	Thanksgiving (United States)	26 November 2020

f2024 Wk 4 Informal Project Statement, or Project Proposal

(up to 20 points) due by the end of Week 4, Sunday, 22 September 2024

f2024 Wk 4 Midterm Exam Submitted Question is due by the end of Week 4, Sunday, 22 September 2024

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

Week 4

"Mobile Ingredients: Global Food Production"

What's Happening Week 4? (.pdf)

Week 4

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f2024 Wk 4 Informal Project Statement, or Project Proposal

(up to 20 points) due by the end of Week 4, Sunday, 22 September 2024

This Week . . .

read the Week 4 Memo

have a look at the video and video clips

read the assigned readings

peruse the WebPages (below)

catch up on your assignments

start thinking about reviewing for the Midterm Exam, and

work on your Project

There are no new slide sets at this time

catch up / review / preview

From the Week 3 Reading Assignment

Eating Culture, Part Two: Ingredients, Ch. 2, "Settled Ingredients: Domestic Food Production" (The materials from Ch. 2 is supplemented with the video Desert People, a classic film on one of the last gathering / foraging peoples discovered.)
	Hunter-Gathering / Foraging Demographic Issues of Foragers Social, Political, and Ideological Features of Foragers Diet and Health of Foragers Food Preferences of Foragers Nutrition and Health of Foragers Horticulture Social, Political, and Ideological Features of Horticulturalists Diet and Health of Horticulturalists Pastoralism Social, Political, and Ideological Features of Pastoralism Diet and Health of Pastoralists Intensive Agriculture Social, Political, and Ideological Features of Intensive Agriculture Contemporary Peasant Societies The Transition to Market Economies

"Hunter-Gathering or Foraging"

Hunting / Gathering / Foraging WebPage (optional resources)

"Horticulture" Horticulture WebPage (optional resources)

"Pastoralism"

Pastoralism WebPage (optional resources)

"Intensive Agriculture"

Early Agriculture WebPage (Optional Resource)
Factory Farms (Optional Resource)
Animal Rights (Optional Resource)
Food Ethics (Optional Resource)

Contemporary Peasant Societies

Review "Food in Historical Perspective: Dietary Revolutions"

Dietary Revolutions: Neolithic (.pptx)
Neolithic WebPage (optional resources)

Where Do Cuisines Come From?

Food WebPage (Optional Resource)
Cuisines of Individual Countries and Cultures WebPage (Optional Resource)

Neolithic grinding stone Prehistoric Iberia Spain \| Portugal	Prehistoric Maize Tehuacán, Mexico	Maize God Temple 22 A.D. 680-750 Copán, Honduras
Hunting seal on the Spring Ice [Research does not support the folk etymology of "Eskimo" as "eaters of raw meat"]		Neandertal Hunter
Girl with baby yak Nepal		Yak milking Tibet
Aztec Cacao Sculpture		Aztec Feast

Indians harvesting wild rice near Brainerd, 1905

Harvesting wild rice near Brainerd.
Photograph Collection, Postcard, 1905
Visual Resources Database
Minnesota Historical Society
Location No. E97.32W r9 Negative No. 38616

peruse:
"Extreme Cuisine"

Entomophagy WebPage
(optional resource)

Durian
video: Durian

peruse:
Anthropophagy
See this Week 's Forums

Notes:
Start Reviewing for the Midterm Exam

Week 4 Reading Assignment

Eating Culture, Second Edition, Gillian Crowther
- CHAPTER THREE: MOBILE INGREDIENTS: ROOTS, ROUTES, AND REALITIES OF INDUSTRIALIZED AGRICULTURE

Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan
- (Review)
The Language of Food, Dan Jurafsky
- "Introduction"
- Ch. 1 "How to Read a Menu"

The Language of Food

"Introduction"

Ch. 1 "How to Read a Menu"

Week 4 Video Explorations

Clips Only

The Meaning of Food: "Food & Culture"
(ca. 60 min., CC, 2007, UM Duluth Library Multimedia GT2853.U5 M43 2005 DVD)
course viewing guide

view streaming video

(double click on QuickTime^© window)
(pursuant to licensing agreements some UM streaming videos are not available outside of Moodle)

view video clip on-line:

"Eating Rat at the New Year"
video clip
-- National Geographic News
(2:51, 2008, on-line)

"Eating Rat at the New Year"
Vietnam

Cambodian rat meat: A growing export market -- Kevin Doyle, BBCNews (24 August 2014)

view video clip on-line:

"Eating Bats in Thai Village"
video clip
-- National Geographic News
(02:50, 2008, on-line)

view video clip on-line:

"Eating Live Octopus"
video clip
-- National Geographic News
(03:47 2011, on-line)

(optional)

including
"Eating Insects"
(U.S.A, California)

	video clip
	-- National Geographic News (3:34, 2008, on-line)
Special Offer for Students Enrolled in Anthropology of Food 3888

other video clips are available from National Geographic:
National Geographic Film Clips and related dishes
(optional resource)

video Week 4

The Desert People

(51 min., 1965, UM Duluth Martin Library Multimedia DVD DU 125 .P48 D47 2011)

View Full Text captioned
of Desert People from UMD Library site
If off-campus use Virtual Private Network (VPN)

course viewing guide
^~

Desert People is now captioned and digitized online . . .

http://primo.lib.umn.edu/DULUTH:blended:UMN_ALMA21617497270001701

Click on "View Online" tab and sign in with UMD Credentials

Use Virtual Private Network (VPN) if off campus (UMD)
See UM Video Playbacks for details

(51 min., 1965, UM Duluth Martin Library Multimedia DVD DU 125 .P48 D47 2011)


Eating a "grub worm" video: Desert People Australia		Eating a lizard Australia

If you liked the film, you might also enjoy . . .

see also
Prehistoric Diets WebPage
and
related slides:

Review

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]

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

For Extra Credit, view the documentary The Grind, and submit a review comparing the Faroe Islands whaling practice with the Makah American Indian whaling practices seen in The Meaning of Food: "Food & Culture" and/or those seen in the The Cove.

Extra Credit information is available at
<http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anthfood/afextracredit_review.html#title>

Course Whales / Dolphins / Porpoises (Cetacea) WebPage

Week 4 For Fun: Food Trivia

How do you say "blueberry pie" in Ojibwa / Chippewa?

Woman and Blueberries.
Creator: Patrick DesJarlait (1912-1972)
Art Collection, Watercolor, 1971
Visual Resources Database
Minnesota Historical Society
Location No. AV1979.211 Negative No. 30610

Answer

f2024 Wk 4 Informal Project Statement, or Project Proposal

(up to 20 points) due by the end of Week 4, Sunday, 22 September 2024

f2024 Wk 4 Midterm Exam Submitted Question is due by the end of Week 4, Sunday, 22 September 2024

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

Holidays Fall 2020

Week 2	Labor Day (U.S.A.)	7 September 2020
Weeks 3-4	Rosh Hashanah	from sunset, 18 September - nightfall, 20 September 2020
Week 6	Yom Kippur	from sunset, 8 October - nightfall, 9 October 2019
Week 7	Thanksgiving (Canada)	12 October 2020
Week 10	Dia de los Muertos	2 November 2020 Allhallowtide: 31 October 2020 1 November 2020 All Saints' Day 2 November 2020 All Souls' Day
Week 11	Diwali ("festival of lights")	14 November 2020 (in Nepal, India (North) and several other countries)
Week 13	Thanksgiving (United States)	26 November 2020

f2024 Wk 4 Midterm Exam Submitted Question is due by the end of Week 4, Sunday, 22 September 2024

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

Week 5

"Cooks and Kitchens"

Hunter-Gathering or Foraging, and the Emergence of Food Production

Food and Religion

and Midterm Preparations

What's Happening Week 5? (.pdf)

Week 5

Review for the Midterm Exam

This week our initial focus is the
controlled comparison—

Chinese : Buddhism : Food
in China and Malaysia

On-line
in Taste of China, Part 2,"Food for Body and Spirit"
we have a look at
a Chinese Taoist temple
and Buddhist Slow Food
and Locavorism
which has a thousand year history . . .

In Taste of China, Part 2,"Food for Body and Spirit" we see
how food holds a part of Chinese culture together . . .

We see
how food tears apart a major segment of Chinese culture in Malaysia . . .
in the video
The Pig Commandments

See Week 5 Video Explorations

Week 5 Reading Assignment

Eating Culture, Second Edition, Gillian Crowther
- CHAPTER FOUR: COOKS AND KITCHENS

Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan
- (Review)
The Language of Food, Dan Jurafsky
- Ch. 2 "Entrée"
- Ch. 3 "From Sikbāj to Fish and Chips"

The Language of Food

Ch. 2 "Entrée"

Ch. 3 "From Sikbāj to Fish and Chips"

Week 5 Video Explorations

controlled comparison—
Chinese : Buddhism : Food
in China and Malaysia

A comparative look . . .

controlled comparison—
Chinese : Buddhism : Food
in China and Malaysia

On-line
in Taste of China, Part 2,"Food for Body and Spirit"
we have a look at
a Chinese Taoist temple
and Buddhist Slow Food
and Locavorism
which has a thousand year history . . .

In Taste of China, Part 2,"Food for Body and Spirit" we see
how food holds a part of Chinese culture together . . .

We see how food
tears apart a major segment of Chinese culture in Malaysia in . . .

video Week 5

The Pig Commandments
(72 min., 2005, DVD 1690)
(70 min?)
film HomePage
course viewing guide

transcript

view streaming video

(double click on QuickTime^© window)
(pursuant to licensing agreements some UM streaming videos are not available outside of Moodle)

The Pig Commandments

Shaikh Hussain Ye
Malaysia

(China) (On-line Optional Resource)
(Malaysia) (On-line Optional Resource)
[food tears Chinese culture apart in Malaysia

肉
肉

"It was hardly surprising that, for the Chinese, the words 'meat' and 'pork' became, and remain, synonymous."

-- concluding sentence to Chapter 2 "Changing the Face of the Earth," Reay Tannahill, Food in History (NY: Three Rivers Press, 1988)

Book image.

Food Revolution #2: The Meaning of Eating
-- the discovery that food is more than sustenance

Book image.

For a comprehensive review of pork avoidance and its historical and social importance see
Frederick J. Simoons, Eat Not This Flesh: Food Avoidances form Prehistory to the Present, 2^nd Ed.
(Madison: University of Wisconsin Press 1994)

Week 5 For Fun: Food Trivia

Week 5

If you had to eat a human, which body part should you pick first?

arm sandwich

Photo by Paul Garnier/via Getty Images and PBS

Answer

f2024 Project's formal Promissory Abstract and Working Bibliography (up to 20 points) due by Sunday, 6 October 2024 . . . or soon thereafter (submit them together)

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Week 6

Midterm Exam
and after the exam . . .
"Recipes and Dishes"

What's Happening Week 6? (.pdf)

Week 6
Midterm Exam

Week 6

Midterm Exam

f2024 Wk 6 The LIVE CHAT for the Anthropology of Food Midterm Exam

will be Tuesday, 1 October 2024, 7:00-8:00 p.m.

Live Chat

f2024 Wk 6 the Anthropology of Food Midterm Exam will be available from 12:01 a.m. Monday, 30 September 2024 to 11:59 p.m. (10:00 p.m. starting time), Saturday, 05 October 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>

Complete information on the Midterm exam is available at
<http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anthfood/afexams_midterm.html#title>

Week 6 Reading Assignment
(after the Midterm Exam)

Review for Midterm Exam

f2024 Wk 4 Midterm Exam Submitted Question is due by the end of Week 4, Sunday, 22 September 2024

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

f2024 Wk 6 the Anthropology of Food Midterm Exam will be available from 12:01 a.m. Monday, 30 September 2024 to 11:59 p.m. (10:00 p.m. starting time), Saturday, 05 October 2024

For after the Midterm Exam

Eating Culture, Second Edition, Gillian Crowther
- CHAPTER FIVE: RECIPES AND DISHES

Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan
- "Introduction: our national eating disorder"
- Ch. 1 "The plant: corn's conquest"
- Ch. 2 "The farm"
- Ch. 3 "The elevator"
- Ch. 4 "The feedlot: making meat"
(We're starting this book here, with Michael Pollan's discussion of "The forager" and "The ethics of eating animals" as next Week we begin having a closer look at hunting / gathering / foraging as a way people get their food in nonindustrialized societies)
The Language of Food, Dan Jurafsky
- (Review)

Week 6 Video Explorations

controlled comparison—
Chinese : Buddhism : Food
in China and Malaysia

A comparative look . . .

controlled comparison—
Chinese : Buddhism : Food
in China and Malaysia

On-line
in Taste of China, Part 2,"Food for Body and Spirit"
we have a look at
a Chinese Taoist temple
and Buddhist Slow Food
and Locavorism
which has a thousand year history . . .

In Taste of China, Part 2,"Food for Body and Spirit" we see
how food holds a part of Chinese culture together . . .

We see how food
tears apart a major segment of Chinese culture in Malaysia in . . .

video

The Pig Commandments
(72 min., 2005, DVD 1690)
(70 min?)
film HomePage
course viewing guide

transcript

view streaming video

(double click on QuickTime^© window)
(pursuant to licensing agreements some UM streaming videos are not available outside of Moodle)

The Pig Commandments

Shaikh Hussain Ye
Malaysia

(China) (On-line Optional Resource)
(Malaysia) (On-line Optional Resource)
[food tears Chinese culture apart in Malaysia

肉
肉

"It was hardly surprising that, for the Chinese, the words 'meat' and 'pork' became, and remain, synonymous."

-- concluding sentence to Chapter 2 "Changing the Face of the Earth," Reay Tannahill, Food in History (NY: Three Rivers Press, 1988)

Book image.

Food Revolution #2: The Meaning of Eating
-- the discovery that food is more than sustenance

Book image.

Week 6 For Fun: Food Trivia

How many gallons of sap does it take to make one gallon of maple syrup?

Mrs. John Mink collecting maple sap, Mille Lacs, 1925

Mrs. John Mink collecting maple sap, Mille Lacs.
Creator: Kenneth M. Wright Studios
Photograph Collection, 1925
Visual Resources Database
Minnesota Historical Society
Location No. E97.32M p12 Negative No. 5000-A

Answer

What was the average consumption of potatoes per person in Ireland before the great potato famine of 1845?

Ireland Famine Memorial, Dublin

f2024 Project's formal Promissory Abstract and Working Bibliography (up to 20 points) due by Sunday, 6 October 2024 . . . or soon thereafter (submit them together)

top of page $/\$ A-Z index

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links to current weeks

holidays and breaks

to textbook

final exams

Holidays Fall 2020

Week 2	Labor Day (U.S.A.)	7 September 2020
Weeks 3-4	Rosh Hashanah	from sunset, 18 September - nightfall, 20 September 2020
Week 6	Yom Kippur	from sunset, 8 October - nightfall, 9 October 2019
Week 7	Thanksgiving (Canada)	12 October 2020
Week 10	Dia de los Muertos	2 November 2020 Allhallowtide: 31 October 2020 1 November 2020 All Saints' Day 2 November 2020 All Souls' Day
Week 11	Diwali ("festival of lights")	14 November 2020 (in Nepal, India (North) and several other countries)
Week 13	Thanksgiving (United States)	26 November 2020

film HomePage
course viewing guide

Week 7

"Eating-In: Commensality and Gastro-Politics"

Midterm Exam Review

What's Happening Week 7? (.pdf)

Week 7

video Week 6

video--International Focus:

We Feed the World
(96 min., CC, 2005, DVD 1330)

view streaming video

(double click on QuickTime^© window)
(pursuant to licensing agreements some UM streaming videos are not available outside of Moodle)

We feed the world -- Google Videos

Picture from We Feed the World.

Optional, for Extra Credit:

video--International Focus:

Our Daily Bread
(92 min., CC, but almost without dialogue, 2005, DVD 1988)

film HomePage
course viewing guide

view streaming video
(double click on QuickTime^© window)
(pursuant to licensing agreements some UM streaming videos are not available outside of Moodle)

Our Daily Bread-- Wikipedia

also available from Goodle Videos

For its real impact, watch Our Daily Bread on a large screen.

Our Daily Bread has almost no dialogue.

From one reviewer: It's "The 2001: A Space Odyssey of modern food production." -- The Nation

Week 7
Guest Lecture
United States Focus:

Local and Regional Foods and Food Issues

Stuart Sivertson
Retired President and CEO of Lake Superior Fish Co.,
est. 1892

Lake Superior Fish Company is a retailer of fresh, frozen and smoked fish. The firm traces its roots back to the late nineteenth century . . .

smelt

Nordic Neolithic

Lake Superior Fish Company logo.

Lake Superior map from Google Earth.

(1000 X 710)

Lake superior -- Google Earth

Online Maps for the Lake Superior Basin -- The Lake Superior Decision Support Project
United States: Lake Superior -- Landsat image

United States: Lake Superior and other Great Lakes

United States: Lake Superior -- Isle Royale

United States: Lake Superior -- Isle Royale National Park
Simply Superior: The World's Greatest Lake -- Douglas O. Linder (2006)

General Information about the Great Lakes -- MSN Encarta

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Week 7 Reading Assignment

Eating Culture, Second Edition, Gillian Crowther
- CHAPTER SIX: EATING-IN: COMMENSALITY AND GASTRO-POLITICS

Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan
- Introduction: our national eating disorder
- Ch. 5 "The processing plant : making complex foods"
- Ch. 6 "The consumer: a republic of fat"
- Ch. 7 "The meal: fast food"
The Language of Food, Dan Jurafsky
- (Review)

film HomePage
course viewing guide

Introduction: our national eating disorder
Ch. 5 "The processing plant : making complex foods"
Ch. 6 "The consumer: a republic of fat"
Ch. 7 "The meal: fast food"

Week 7 Video Explorations

video Week 6

video--International Focus:

(cont.)

We Feed the World
(96 min., CC, 2005, DVD 1330)

view streaming video

(double click on QuickTime^© window)
(pursuant to licensing agreements some UM streaming videos are not available outside of Moodle)

We feed the world -- Google Videos

Week 7 For Fun

In what region of Italy do Italians traditionally eat spaghetti with meatballs?

(It's tricky, like eating long spaghetti with a fork.)

Answer

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links to current weeks

holidays and breaks

to textbook

final exams

Holidays Fall 2020

Week 2	Labor Day (U.S.A.)	7 September 2020
Weeks 3-4	Rosh Hashanah	from sunset, 18 September - nightfall, 20 September 2020
Week 6	Yom Kippur	from sunset, 8 October - nightfall, 9 October 2019
Week 7	Thanksgiving (Canada)	12 October 2020
Week 10	Dia de los Muertos	2 November 2020 Allhallowtide: 31 October 2020 1 November 2020 All Saints' Day 2 November 2020 All Souls' Day
Week 11	Diwali ("festival of lights")	14 November 2020 (in Nepal, India (North) and several other countries)
Week 13	Thanksgiving (United States)	26 November 2020

Week 8

"Eating-Out and Gastronomy"

What's Happening Week 8? (.pdf)

Week 8

Week 8 Reading Assignment

Eating Culture, Second Edition, Gillian Crowther
- CHAPTER SEVEN: EATING-OUT AND GASTRONOMY

Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan
- Ch. 8 "All flesh is grass"
- Ch. 9 "Big Organic"
- Ch. 10 "Grass: thirteen ways of looking at a pasture"
- Ch. 11 "The animals: practicing complexity"
The Language of Food, Dan Jurafsky
- (Review)

Ch. 8 "All flesh is grass"
Ch. 9 "Big Organic"
Ch. 10 "Grass: thirteen ways of looking at a pasture"
Ch. 11 "The animals: practicing complexity"

Week 8 Video Explorations

watch video on-line, Week 8

United States Focus:

King Corn: You are What You Eat
(approx. 90 min., 1970, SB191.M2 K56 2010 DVD [DVD 1641], 2008)
[second copy with Closed Captioning available]

film homepage

Independent lens King Corn page

view streaming video

(double click on QuickTime^© window)
(pursuant to licensing agreements some UM streaming videos are not available outside of Moodle)

"Fueled by curiosity and a dash of naiveté, college buddies Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis return to their ancestral home of Greene, Iowa, to find out how the modest corn kernel conquered America. With the help of real farmers, powerful fertilizer, government aid, and genetically modified seeds, the friends manage to grow one acre of corn. Along the way, they unlock the hidden truths about America’s modern food system."

Big River: A King Corn Companion
(27 min., SB191.M2 K56 2010 DVD, 2010)
[second copy with Closed Captioning available]

view View Online
from UMD Library streaming video

If you are off-campus use Virtual Private Network (VPN) connection)
(pursuant to licensing agreements streaming videos are not available outside of Moodle)

"Following up on their Peabody winning documentary, the King Corn boys are back. For Big River, best friends Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis have returned to Iowa with a new mission: to investigate the environmental impact their acre of corn has sent to the people and places downstream. In a journey that spans from the heartland to the Gulf of Mexico, Ian and Curt trade their combine for a canoe––and set out to see the big world their little acre of corn has touched. On their trip, flashbacks to the pesticides they sprayed, the fertilizers they injected, and the soil they plowed now lead to new questions, explored by new experts in new places. Half of Iowa’s topsoil, they learn, has been washed out to sea. Fertilizer runoff has spawned a hypoxic “dead zone” in the Gulf. And back at their acre, the herbicides they used are blamed for a cancer cluster that reaches all too close to home."

video Week 8

video--United States Focus:

Food Fight
(Educational Edition is 48 min.)
(73 min., 2009, UM Duluth Library Multimedia HD1761 .F66 2008 DVD)

film homepage

Course Viewing Guide

view streaming video

(double click on QuickTime^© window)
(pursuant to licensing agreements some UM streaming videos are not available outside of Moodle)

Food Flight -- SnagFilms

Week 8 For Fun: Food Trivia

What do Italian biscotti (biscotti di Prado) and German zwiebach have in common?


German zwiebach *Wikipedia*		Italian biscotti *Wikipedia*

Answer

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links to current weeks

holidays and breaks

to textbook

final exams

Holidays Fall 2020

Week 2	Labor Day (U.S.A.)	7 September 2020
Weeks 3-4	Rosh Hashanah	from sunset, 18 September - nightfall, 20 September 2020
Week 6	Yom Kippur	from sunset, 8 October - nightfall, 9 October 2019
Week 7	Thanksgiving (Canada)	12 October 2020
Week 10	Dia de los Muertos	2 November 2020 Allhallowtide: 31 October 2020 1 November 2020 All Saints' Day 2 November 2020 All Souls' Day
Week 11	Diwali ("festival of lights")	14 November 2020 (in Nepal, India (North) and several other countries)
Week 13	Thanksgiving (United States)	26 November 2020

Week 9

"Gastro-Anomie: Global Indigestion?"

Sign up for Your Class Presentation Time

What's Happening Week 9? (.pdf)

Week 9

Thursday-Friday, 29-30 October 2020
Fall Break

Cancelled by UM

Obesity, Anorexia and Related Problems: An Introduction

"Starvation_2008 . . ."

"Dying to be thin"

UMD National Eating Disorders Week Poster.

National Eating Disorders Awareness Week

"After a short stay in America, Michelangelo's David
has been returned to Europe"

COURSE STRUCTURE
ANTH 3888 Anthropology of Food consists of three main segments:
	I	Orientation and Background
			Introduction
			Basic Concepts
			History
			Theory
			Methods and Techniques
	II	Explorations
			Comparative / Cross-Cultural
			Holistic (holism slides.pptx)
			Ethnographic Case Studies from the Real World: Real People . . . Real Places from Around the Globe
	III	Student Presentations on Term Research Project
A dditional General Course Information

The Course in a Nutshell

COURSE CONTENT primarily comes from the following sources . . .
		"SUNDAY MEMO" for the week . . .
		VIDEO EXPLORATIONS . . .
		SLIDE PRESENTATIONS . . .
		READINGS for the week . . .
		OTHER ASSIGNMENT INFORMATION . . .
		MIDTERM AND FINAL EXAMS . . .
		RESEARCH PROJECT for the term . . . on a topic of your choice related to the course
		DISCUSSIONS . . . including your personal experiences
		(optional) FOR FUN TRIVIA . . .
		(optional) EXTRA CREDIT . . . on a topic of your choice related to the course
		OTHER (optional) . . .
		IN-THE-NEWS . . .
Course Structure
		PLEASE NOTE: Both the Midterm Exam and Final Exam are open-book/open-notes essay exams. So there should be very little work and effort spent on memorizing facts, other than, perhaps, where to go to find the information you are looking for. More Information on Exams: Midterm / Final
A dditional General Course Information

Optional Activity
(this film qualifies for Extra Credit Film Review) video:

"Can We Make Food Good For All?"
(128 min., 6 October 2010)

Bina Agarwal

Nobel Conference 46 "Making Food Good"

Bina Agarwal Nobel Conference Page

view video on-line

captioned link
(Chrome suggested for viewing)

Week 9 Reading Assignment

Eating Culture, Second Edition, Gillian Crowther
- CHAPTER EIGHT: GLOBAL INDIGESTION: RESETTING THE AGENDA FOR FOOD SECURITY

Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan
- Ch. 12, "Slaughter: in a glass abattoir"
- Ch. 13, "The market: 'greetings from non-barcode people'"
- Ch. 14, "The meal: grass-fed"
The Language of Food, Dan Jurafsky

(Review)

Ch. 12, "Slaughter: in a glass abattoir"
Ch. 13, "The market: 'greetings from non-barcode people'"
Ch. 14, "The meal: grass-fed"

Hunger and Obesity in Global Perspective

What is Meant by Hunger and Malnutrition / Undernourishment?
- Nutritional Quality of Food
- Types of Undernutrition
- Micronutrient Malnutrition
- Measuring Protein–Energy Malnutrition (PEM)
What Are the Causes of Undernourishment and Malnutrition?
- The Factors Influencing Adequate Nutrition
  - Food Availability
Who Are the Hungry and Malnourished?
- Education
- Household Distribution
- Entitlements
- Food Sufficiency
  - The Factors in the Food Sufficiency Equation
    - Population
    - Food Production
    - Women in Agriculture
- Self-Sufficiency and National Food Security
Obesity / Overweight in Children
Projections for the Future?
Commercialization of Agriculture and Household Food Security of Small Farmers
- Land Distribution and Agrarian Reform
- Credit, Marketing, and Price Systems
- Agricultural Research and Extension
- Income
  - Alleviating Poverty and Redistributing Income
- Protecting Food Crop Production
- Land Tenure
- Health and Sanitation
- The Role of Biotechnology
Postscript: Legacy / Consequences of the Agricultural Revolution

Eating Culture: An Anthropological Guide to Food

Week 9 Video Explorations

video Week 9

Under Contract: Farmers and the Fine Print
(ca. 75 min., 2017)

Online access from UMD Martin Library

UM Duluth Martin Library Multimedia
DVD HD9437.A2 U53 2017

Under Contract WebSite

course viewing guide

Week 9 For Fun: Food Trivia

What does "Häagen-Dazs" mean?

"Happy Days"

"High Life"

"Danish Delight"

It's a Family Name

Absolutely Nothing

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links to current weeks

holidays and breaks

to textbook

final exams

Week 10

"Local Digestion: Making the Global at Home"
and
Soul Food Junkies
and
Booyah
and
The Two Fat Ladies

What's Happening Week 10? (.pdf)

Week 10

review

Eating Culture, Ch. 8, "Gastro-anomie: Global Indigestion?"

In addition to watching "Timber!" we'll have a look at the slides from the last chapter of Sherri A. Inness' book Secret Ingredients . . .

Two Fat Ladies slides (.pptx)

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

Ch. 8 "Thin Is Not In: Two Fat Ladies and Gender Stereotypes on the Food Network"

Sherri Inness, Secret Ingredients: Race, Gender, and Class at the Dinner Table

(Note: You do not have to read the book, just view the slides—but watch the video first, and freelist as directed)

When we're finished with the Two Fat Ladies slides based on Secret Ingredients, Ch. 8, we'll have a look at the slides on Obesity and on Eating Disorders (as time permits) . . .

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)

View slides . . .

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

Chs. 1-7
(Note: You do not have to read the book, just view the slides.)

Secret Ingredients
slides: (.pptx)

Sherri Inness, Secret Ingredients: Race, Gender, and Class at the Dinner Table

Week 10 Reading Assignment

Eating Culture, Second Edition, Gillian Crowther
- CHAPTER NINE: LOCAL DIGESTION: MAKING THE GLOBAL AT HOME

Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan
- (Review)
The Language of Food, Dan Jurafsky
- Ch. 4 "Ketchup, Cocktails, and Pirates"
- Ch. 5 "A Toast to Toast"

The Language of Food

Ch. 4 "Ketchup, Cocktails, and Pirates"

Ch. 5 "A Toast to Toast"

Week 10 Video Explorations

video Week 9

Soul Food Junkies

"A Film about Food, Family, and Tradition"
(ca. 60 min., CC, 2013, UM Duluth Library Multimedia - DVD TX715 .S68 2013)

Soul Food Junkies (UMD Library)

Soul Food Junkies website

pending

finish reading The Meaning of Food pp. 106-157 (optional recommended) before you watch the video

The Meaning of Food: "Food & Family"
(ca. 60 min., CC, 2007, UM Duluth Library Multimedia GT2853.U5 M43 2005 DVD)
film HomePage
course viewing guide

view streaming video

(double click on QuickTime^© window)
(pursuant to licensing agreements some UM streaming videos are not available outside of Moodle)

Tim Roufs at the White Palace Grill, Chicago.

Chicago, U.S.A.

video Week 9
pending

The Meaning of Food, Episode 3: "Food & Family"
looks at the complex way food defines families

(optional recommended) Review of the materials from Part 3 of the text,
The Meaning of Food, "Food & Family"
from the Reading Assignments of last Week and this Week
Also have a look at . . .

The Meaning of Food: "Food & Life"

and


Slow Food National Geographic Videos (3:25 min)

Slow Food Lake Superior

video Week 10

This Week we meet the classic . . .

Two Fat Ladies
"Timber!"
Series 4 Episode 23
(30 min., 2008, UM Duluth Library Multimedia TX717 .T86 2008 DVD)
film HomePage

course viewing guide

view streaming video

(double click on QuickTime^© window)
(pursuant to licensing agreements some UM streaming videos are not available outside of Moodle)

While you are watching The Two Fat Ladies do a "freelisting" of the things that The Two Fat Ladies talk about or mention that are not specifically related to the actual cooking of the meal in the kitchen. Freelisting is a technique commonly used by anthropologists when doing fieldwork, and it's basically just making a list of the things you're focusing on—but a complete list.

(Don't miss the gorilla. . . .)

Two Fat Ladies.
Two Fat Ladies --
Clarissa Dickson Wright
and
Jennifer Paterson

Video Explorations:

Freelist the things that The Two Fat Ladies talk about or mention that are not specifically related to the actual cooking of the meal in the kitchen.

You do not have to turn this list in, but keep it handy.

Freelists -- Steve Borgatti

Week 10 For Fun: Food Trivia

Is Former President Obama's Chili a Winner?

President Obama

Answer

President Trump " . . . by all accounts, not all that interested in food"

Donald Trump Is The Fast-Food President -- David Jamieson, HuffPost (05 August 2017)

Donald Trump as foodie in chief -- Helena Bottemiller Evich, POLITICO (16 January 2017)

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links to current weeks

holidays and breaks

to textbook

final exams

Student Presentations

Your Presentation is due on-line

Primer on Presentations and Term Papers

Week 11

"Epilogue: Leftovers to Takeaway"

Primer on Presentations and Term Papers

The Language of Food

What's Happening Week 11? (.pdf)

Week 11

Week 11 Reading Assignment

Eating Culture, Second Edition, Gillian Crowther
- "EPILOGUE: LEFTOVERS TO TAKEAWAY"

Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan
- (Review)
The Language of Food, Dan Jurafsky
- Ch. 6 "Who Are You Calling a Turkey?"
- Ch. 7 "Sex, Drugs, and Sushi Rolls"

The Language of Food

Ch. 6 "Who Are You Calling a Turkey?"

Ch. 7 "Sex, Drugs, and Sushi Rolls"

Week 11 Video Explorations

video Week 11

Designer Foods . . .

Food Design

Food Design takes a sneak peek into the secret laboratories of a major food manufacturer, where designers and scientists are developing your favorite mouthful of tomorrow

watch Food Design via UM Duluth Martin LibraryServer
Use link "View Online" and then link"view full text"

from an off-campus site you may need to use UMD's
VPN Service: Virtual Private Network to successfully connect

The film Food Design is also available (with advertising) from Snag Films

Snag Film HomePage

Directors

Martin Hablesreiter
Sonja Stummerer

Producers Nikolaus Geyrhalter
Markus Glaser
Michael Kitzberger
Wolfgang Widerhofer

Food Chemistry class WebPage

Food Science class WebPage

And view on your own, and respond to, one of the following films . . .

Watch on-line, Week 11

Feeding Frenzy — The Food Industry, Marketing & the Creation of a Health Crisis
(63 min., 2013, UM Duluth Martin Library Multimedia DVD RA645.O23 F43 2013)

Feeding Frenzy

"Over the past three decades, obesity rates in the U.S. have more than doubled for children and tripled for adolescents -- and a startling 70% of adults are now obese or overweight. The result has been a widening epidemic of obesity-related health problems, including coronary heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke, and Type 2 diabetes. While discussions about this spiraling health crisis have tended to focus on the need for more exercise and individual responsibility, Feeding Frenzy trains its focus squarely on the responsibility of the processed food industry and the outmoded government policies it benefits from. It lays bare how taxpayer subsidies designed to feed hungry Americans during the Great Depression have enabled the food industry to flood the market with a rising tide of cheap, addictive, high calorie food products, and offers an engrossing look at the tactics of the multibillion-dollar marketing machine charged with making sure that every one of those surplus calories is consumed."

Available at the UMD Library, Week 11

Fed UP: It's Time to Get Real About Food
(99 min., 2014, UM Duluth Martin Library Multimedia DVD HD9005 .F385 2014)

UMD streaming no longer available

"Narrated by Katie Couric, the film blows the lid off everything that was known about food and exercise, revealing a 30-year campaign by the food industry, aided by the U.S. government, to mislead and confuse the American public. Exposing the hidden truths contributing to one of the largest health epidemics in history, it follows a group of families battling to lead healthier lives and reveals why the conventional wisdom of 'exercise and eat right' is not ringing true for millions of people."

Optional Activity
(these films qualify for Extra Credit Film Review)

film: Super Size Me (103 min., 2004)
(on-line at snagfilms.com)
- Super Size Me-- Wikipedia

Supersize Me

film: Fast Food Nation (116 min., 2006)

Fast Food Nation -- Wikipedia

Fast Food Nation

film: Killer At Large (182 min., 2007)
(on-line at snagfilms.com)

Killer at Large

Have a look at the other Students' Presentations

Week 11 For Fun: Food Trivia

How much water does it take to grow a hamburger?

Answer

How far do you have to run to burn off a burger?

Answer

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links to current weeks

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final exams

Week 12

American Meat

Food, Inc.

What's Happening Week 12? (.pdf)

Week 12

Week 12 Reading Assignment

Eating Culture, Second Edition, Gillian Crowther
- (Review)

Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan
- (Review)
The Language of Food, Dan Jurafsky
- Ch. 8 "Potato Chips and the Nature of the Self"
- Ch. 9 "Salad, Salsa, and the Flour of Chivalry"

Work on Readings for Your Project

Week 12 Video Explorations

View on-line, Week 12

Better Brain Health: We Are What We Eat
(2019, 42:25 min, CC)

Raphaël Hitier (Dir.) -- Deutsche Welle (DW) [German Public Broadcasting Service]

Better brain health | DW Documentary)

View On-LIne

View on-line, Week 12

American Meat

(85 min., 2011, UM Duluth Martin Library Multimedia BJ52.5 .A44 2011 DVD)
(UM Duluth Martin Library Multimedia Guide BJ52.5 .A44 2011 DVD)

If you are off-campus use Virtual Private Network (VPN) connection)
(pursuant to licensing agreements some UM streaming videos are not available outside of Moodle)

“American Meat is a pro-farmer look at chicken, hog and cattle production in America.”

“Beginning with a history of our current industrial system, the feedlots and confinement operations are unveiled, not through hidden cameras, but through the eyes of the farmers who live and work there. From there, the story shifts to Polyface Farms, where the Salatin family has developed an alternative agricultural model based on rotational grazing and local distribution. Nationwide, a local-food movement of farmers, chefs, and everyday people has taken root… But could it ever feed us all?”

FaceBook Page

Film HomePage

A Gentler Animal Farm: 'American Meat,' a Documentary by Graham Meriwether -- Nicholas Rapold, The New York Times (11 April 2013)

Review -- Simple Good and Tasty (11 July 2012)

And, if you have not yet seen
Food, Inc.
please also watch that film

(Food, Inc. is on reserve at the main desk of the UMD Library, and on Netflix)

Food Inc.
(93 min., 2009, UM Duluth Library Multimedia HD9005 .F66 2009 DVD)

UMD streaming no longer available

film HomePage
course viewing guide

(double click on QuickTime^© window)
(pursuant to licensing agreements some UM streaming videos are not available outside of Moodle)

For Week's Activities see the "Syllabus" or "Calendar" in your Canvas Folder

These include items like Forum postings on timely issues, video evaluation feedback, Live Chats (for exam prep and project information), making up exam questions, Project information (on term Presentation and Term Paper), and (from time to time) other activities,

Week 12 For Fun: Food Trivia

How big is a modern industrial fish trawler net compared to the UMD Administration Building?

Trawler in Skagen Harbor, northern Denmark.

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links to current weeks

holidays and breaks

to textbook

final exams

Holidays Fall 2020

Week 2	Labor Day (U.S.A.)	7 September 2020
Weeks 3-4	Rosh Hashanah	from sunset, 18 September - nightfall, 20 September 2020
Week 6	Yom Kippur	from sunset, 8 October - nightfall, 9 October 2019
Week 7	Thanksgiving (Canada)	12 October 2020
Week 10	Dia de los Muertos	2 November 2020 Allhallowtide: 31 October 2020 1 November 2020 All Saints' Day 2 November 2020 All Souls' Day
Week 11	Diwali ("festival of lights")	14 November 2020 (in Nepal, India (North) and several other countries)
Week 13	Thanksgiving (United States)	26 November 2020

For Week's Activities see the "Syllabus" or "Calendar" in your Canvas Folder

These include items like Forum postings on timely issues, video evaluation feedback, Live Chats (for exam prep and project information), making up exam questions, Project information (on term Presentation and Term Paper), and (from time to time) other activities,

Week 13

Term Paper Writing Review

What's Happening Week 13? (.pdf)

Week 13

Term Paper Review

Week 13 Reading Assignment

Eating Culture, Second Edition, Gillian Crowther
- (Review)

Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan
- (Review)
The Language of Food, Dan Jurafsky
- Ch. 10 "Macaroon, Macaron, Macaroni"
- Ch. 11 "Sherbet, Fireworks, and Mint Juleps"

Work on Readings for Your Term Paper
(which is due next week)

Week 13 Video Explorations

view video on-line, Week 13

Vegan -- Top Documentary Films

(57:39 min., 2017, CC)

streaming

Vegan at Top Documentary Films

course viewing guide

f2024 Wk 13 (optional) Extra Credit Paper(s) due by Sunday, 24 November 2024

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 Gradebook entry for Extra Credit requires that “out of zero” be used when setting up an Extra Credit assignment.

catch up / review / preview

Week 13 For Fun: Food Trivia

Are you really what you eat?

You are what you eat

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f2024 Wk 14 Final Exam Submitted Question due by 11:59 p.m. Sunday, 1 December 2024.

f2024 Wk 14 Term Paper

(up to 400 points) due by Sunday, 1 December 2024.

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?

Week 14

Student Presentations

FRESH

In Organic We Trust

What's Happening Week 14? (.pdf)

Week 14

Student Presentations

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

chocolate

Week 14 Reading Assignment

Eating Culture, Second Edition, Gillian Crowther
- (Review)

Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan
- Ch. 12, "Slaughter: in a glass abattoir"
- Ch. 13, "The market: 'greetings from non-barcode people'"
- Ch. 14, "The meal: grass-fed"
The Language of Food, Dan Jurafsky
- (Review)

Review for Final Exam

Week 14 Video Explorations

View on-line video Week 14

FRESH
(90 min., CC, 2009, UM Duluth Library Reserve Media HD9000.5 .F7474 2009 DVD)

If you are off-campus use Virtual Private Network (VPN) connection)
(pursuant to licensing agreements some UM streaming videos are not available outside of Moodle)

film HomePage
course viewing guide

Fresh: new thinking about what we're eating
(UMD Library Link)

(double click on QuickTime^© window)
(pursuant to licensing agreements some UM streaming videos are not available outside of Moodle)

FRESH poster.

View On-line, Week 14



In Organic We Trust (81 min.,UM Duluth Library Multimedia S605.5 .I56 2012 DVD) [second copy with Closed Captioning available] If you are off-campus use Virtual Private Network (VPN) connection) (pursuant to licensing agreements some UM streaming videos are not available outside of Moodle) on-line streaming UMD Library on-line streaming link On-line streaming with Closed Captioning UMD Library Closed Captioned on-line streaming link *[from a UMD account or via* VPN]**

Optional Activity
(this film qualifies for Extra Credit Film Review)


The Global Banquet: The Politics of Food (50 min., 2001, VC 4770) (56 min.?)

f2024 Wk 14 Final Exam Submitted Question due by 11:59 p.m. Sunday, 1 December 2024.

f2024 Wk 14 Term Paper

Week 14 For Fun: Food Trivia

tba

Answer

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Extra Credit Review Option Details

f2024 Final Evaluation due on-line by the last day of the term, Friday, 13 December 2024.

Week 15

The End . . . and The Future

Focus: Wrapping it All Up

Student Presentations

Course Evaluations

Summary / Review
Final Exam Notes

The Future of Food

The Cove

What's Happening Week 15? (.pdf)

Week 15

Lady Justice (Iustitia, the Roman Goddess of Justice).

Course Evaluation

On-line from IT

The on-line evaluation form will be made available by the folks at IT.

Your answers will remain confidential and only aggregate information from the entire class will be passed onto the faculty member.

If you encounter any problems accessing the evaluation, please contact the IT folks at the e-mail address given on the evaluation

"UMD Student Online Evaluation - ANTH 3888- (Professor Roufs) Anthropology of Food"

Please click on the link which will be provided

Thanks,

Tim Roufs

Week 15

Student Presentations

Week 15 Reading Assignment

Eating Culture, Second Edition, Gillian Crowther
- (Review)

Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan
- (Review)
The Language of Food, Dan Jurafsky
- Ch. 12 "Does This Name Make Me Sound Fat? Why Ice Cream and Crackers Have Different Names"
- Ch. 13 "Why the Chinese Don't Have Dessert"
- "Epilogue"

Review for Final Exam

Week 15 Video Explorations

On-line video Week 15

For Extra Credit, view the documentary The Grind, and submit a review comparing the Faroe Islands whaling practice with the Makah American Indian whaling practices seen in The Meaning of Food: "Food & Culture" and/or those seen in the The Cove.

Extra Credit information is available at
<http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anthfood/afextracredit_review.html#title>

Course Whales / Dolphins / Porpoises (Cetacea) WebPage

Week 15

The Future of Food

World Food Clock [including food waste]
-- The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations

Climate change food calculator: What's your diet's carbon footprint? -- BBCNews (08 August 2019)

video Week 15

HRH Prince Charles On the Future of Food

Keynote Speech to The Future of Food Conference
at Georgetown University, Washington, DC
4 May 2011
(50 min., 2011, )

view on-line

Rodale Books . . . His Royal Highness Prince Charles's Landmark Speech "On the Future of Food" -- NY (14 February 2012)

ISBN-10: 1609614712
ISBN-13: 978-1609614713

Rodale Books, 2012

transcript

Prince William returns to university to study farming

William to take Cambridge University agriculture course

BBC News (30 December 2013)

If you have not done an optional Film/Lecture Review Extra Credit Paper, you may watch The Future of Food by Deborah Koons Garcia and compare and contrast it with the HRH Princh Charles lecture for an optional Review Extra Credit paper
(this may be turned in at the end of the term).

view video on-line for extra credit (optional), and compare with HRH Prince Charles' vision of "On tThe Future of Food"

From Deborah Koons Garcia . . .
The Future of Food
(88 min., 2007, UM DULUTH Library Multimedia TP248.65.F66 F88 2004 DVD, DVD 959)
film HomePage

view on-line

UMD Library Link with Closed Captioning
<http://primo.lib.umn.edu/DULUTH:blended:UMN_ALMA51635307780001701>

The Future of Food -- Wikipedia

The Future of Food

Optional Activity
(this film qualifies for Extra Credit Film Review)

film: Darwin's Nightmare
(105 min., 2007, UM Duluth Library Multimedia DT448.2 .D37 2007 DVD)
- homepage

f2024 Wk 16 The LIVE CHAT for the Anthropology of Food Final Exam will be Tuesday, 10 December 2024, 7:00-8:00 p.m.

Live Chat

f2024 Wk 16 The Anthropology of Food Final Exam will be available from 12:01 a.m. Monday, 9 December 2024, until 11:59 p.m., Friday, 13 December 2024.

NOTE: There will be at least one question in the pool from each of the assigned videos since the Midterm Exam, so be sure not to miss watching them.

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

f2024 Final Evaluation due on-line by the last day of the term, Friday, 13 December 2024.

Week 15 For Fun: Food Trivia

How many pounds of anchovies
does it take to produce one pound of fish-farmed salmon?

Still Life with Anchovies, 1972
Antonio Sicurezza
Wikipedia

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