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School of Archaeology and Anthropology · ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
This course will introduce students to the various ways in which anthropologists have explored food and the practice of eating in a varity of ethnographic contexts and through a multiplicity of theoretical lenses. Topics to be discussed will include food and identity; food, symbol, mind, meaning and material; food and the body; food, sex and gender; food and religion; food politics; ethics and moralities of food consumption and avoidance; the social performance of taste and taste; food, senses, migration and memory; food, globalisation, exchange and tourism.
Tutorial presentation, 20 minutes
Learning outcomes 4, 5, 6
Major essay, 6000 words
Learning outcomes 1, 5, 6
130 hours of total student learning time made up from: a) 36 hours of contact over 12 weeks: 24 hours of lectures and 12 hours of tutorials and tutorial-like activities; and b) 94 hours of independent student research, reading, and writing.