[Plsugs] FW: Want to Learn About Food?? Anthropology courses for fall

[Tanya M. Quist]

ANTH 395B - 003 Special Topics in Cultural Anthropology:  THE ANTHROPOLOGY
OF FOOD

Instructor:  Mary Good

Tuesdays and Thursdays 2:00-3:15 Modern Languages, Room 310

Like Anthony Bourdain's "No Reservations"? "Man vs. Food?" Can't get enough
of the Food Network? This is the class for you! All humans everywhere have
to eat in order to live, but how "food" is defined, produced, procured, and
thought about is subject to almost endless variation around the world. In
this class, we'll examine the ways food becomes more than just sustenance or
nutrition, but part of culture and a key part of social life. Bon Appetit!

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ANTH 395a-001: Special Topics in Archaeology: THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF FOOD

Instructor: Dr. Emma Blake

Tuesdays and Thursdays 11am-12:15pm; Modern Languages Room 411

 

Have you ever wondered what people ate and drank in the past?  Food is a
biological imperative, but diets vary enormously across time and place, and
food and drink are highly socially charged. This course introduces students
to the methods archaeologists use to reconstruct past diets, and how we use
material remains to understand the social function of food.  We'll examine a
broad range of archaeological case studies, including frozen Paleolithic
mammoths, Roman banquets, and even the architecture of Tucson's Mexican
restaurants, to consider such topics as: diet and nutrition; the economics
of food production; the politics of food distribution; ritual feasting and
religion, and the social significance of food in questions of gender,
ethnicity, and status. 

 

If you have questions, please let me know!

 

Ann Samuelson, M.A, Anthropology

Academic Coordinator

School of Anthropology, UA

Haury Anthropology Building

PO Box 210030

Tucson, AZ 85721-0030

(520) 626-6027

anns at email.arizona.edu

 

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