ant2eat food and drink
EATING AND DRINKING: ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES
ANT2EAT
2016
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
This subject will examine a range of anthropological approaches to food and eating. While it is a biological imperative that humans need to eat to survive, food is grown, eaten and prepared in a variety of ways according to cultural preferences. The study of food and eating is a lens through which to examine some of the long-standing interests of anthropologists including: modes of subsistence, taboos, cannibalism, religious dietary prohibitions, and ritual feasting and fasting as well as issues such as class, ethnicity, gender, globalisation, migration, consumption and identity. Teaching will include lectures and tutorials involving discussion, short activities and team work. Assessment will be organised around the preparation of a major essay in a selected area of the anthropology of food.
SchoolSchool of Humanities & Social Sciences
Credit points15
Subject Co-ordinatorNicholas Smith
Available to Study Abroad StudentsYes
Subject year levelYear Level 2 - UG
Exchange StudentsYes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
PrerequisitesN/A
Co-requisitesN/A
Incompatible subjects ANT3EAT
Equivalent subjectsN/A
Special conditionsN/A
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
01. Apply an anthropological perspective to local and global issues
- Activities:
- Class discussions, research-based assignment and the major essay will give students ample opportunity to examine diverse anthropological perspectives and compare multicultural Australian examples with global case studies of food and eating
02. Apply ethical and cultural awareness to issues in Anthropology
- Activities:
- The major essay, class presentations and tutorial discussion will give students ample opportunity to explore the ethical dimensions of food production and distribution in particular
03. Evaluate diverse positions/arguments regarding a relevant topic in Anthropology
- Activities:
- The research-based assignment, the tutorial presentation and major essay will encourage debate around diverse positions/ arguments which will extend into the writing of the literature review and major essay
04. Present a brief argument on an aspect of the anthropology of food
- Activities:
- Groups will make oral presentations as students work towards producing their major essay
05. Present a sustained written argument in Anthropology
- Activities:
- The major essay will give 2nd year students the opportunity to present a sustained written argument
06. Produce a well researched response to a relevant topic in Anthropology
- Activities:
- The literature review, quizzes and major essay will give 2nd year students the space in which to produce resolved written research
07. Summarise research and arguments on a relevant topic in Anthropology
- Activities:
- Secondary source research for the literature review, the workshop presentation and the major essay
08. Work effectively in groups as a group member
- Activities:
- Students will work in groups to prepare presentations on their chosen topic based on their food journals, and drawn from the literature on food and eating
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Melbourne, 2016, Semester 2, Blended
Overview
Online enrolmentYes
Maximum enrolment sizeN/A
Enrolment information
Subject Instance Co-ordinatorNicholas Smith
Class requirements
LectureWeek: 31 - 43
One 2.0 hours lecture per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.
TutorialWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.0 hours tutorial per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via face-to-face.
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|
| one 2,500-word major essay | 60 | 01, 02, 03, 05, 06, 07 | |
| one group-based oral presentation | 15 | 02, 03, 04, 06, 08 | |
| one 1000 word research-based assignment | 25 | 01, 04, 06 |