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140159 SE VM4 - VM5 - Food, Society and Globalisation (2014W)
Continuous assessment of course work
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Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Sa 20.09.2014 10:00 to We 01.10.2014 09:00
- Registration is open from We 01.10.2014 15:01 to Th 02.10.2014 16:00
- Deregistration possible until Fr 31.10.2014 12:00
Details
max. 25 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Monday 13.10. 10:00 - 12:00 (ehem. Seminarraum Internationale Entwicklung Afrikawissenschaften UniCampus Hof 5 2Q-EG-05)
- Monday 20.10. 10:00 - 12:00 (ehem. Seminarraum Internationale Entwicklung Afrikawissenschaften UniCampus Hof 5 2Q-EG-05)
- Monday 27.10. 10:00 - 12:00 (ehem. Seminarraum Internationale Entwicklung Afrikawissenschaften UniCampus Hof 5 2Q-EG-05)
- Monday 03.11. 10:00 - 12:00 (ehem. Seminarraum Internationale Entwicklung Afrikawissenschaften UniCampus Hof 5 2Q-EG-05)
- Monday 10.11. 10:00 - 12:00 (ehem. Seminarraum Internationale Entwicklung Afrikawissenschaften UniCampus Hof 5 2Q-EG-05)
- Monday 17.11. 10:00 - 12:00 (ehem. Seminarraum Internationale Entwicklung Afrikawissenschaften UniCampus Hof 5 2Q-EG-05)
- Monday 24.11. 10:00 - 12:00 (ehem. Seminarraum Internationale Entwicklung Afrikawissenschaften UniCampus Hof 5 2Q-EG-05)
- Monday 01.12. 10:00 - 12:00 (ehem. Seminarraum Internationale Entwicklung Afrikawissenschaften UniCampus Hof 5 2Q-EG-05)
- Monday 15.12. 10:00 - 12:00 (ehem. Seminarraum Internationale Entwicklung Afrikawissenschaften UniCampus Hof 5 2Q-EG-05)
- Monday 12.01. 10:00 - 12:00 (ehem. Seminarraum Internationale Entwicklung Afrikawissenschaften UniCampus Hof 5 2Q-EG-05)
- Monday 19.01. 10:00 - 12:00 (ehem. Seminarraum Internationale Entwicklung Afrikawissenschaften UniCampus Hof 5 2Q-EG-05)
- Monday 26.01. 10:00 - 12:00 (ehem. Seminarraum Internationale Entwicklung Afrikawissenschaften UniCampus Hof 5 2Q-EG-05)
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
This seminar explores the relationship between food, society and the unequal processes of globalisation. While food is a form of energy which we need to survive, it has also taken on important cultural and political meanings which mediate and shape our relationships to each other and to the world around us. Food plays an important role in the formation of cultural identity; in the determination of concepts of purity and pollution; in the articulation of religious membership; in the formation of political communities; and in the making of social capital. Taking an interdisciplinary and international approach, we will adopt concepts drawn from anthropology, economics, history, sociology, political theory, cultural studies, and the natural sciences to explore these dimensions in a comparative context.
Assessment and permitted materials
1. Written Seminar Paper (Essay of max. 25.000 characters): 70%
2. Verbal Class presentation: 20%
3. Class Participation and Engagement: 10%
2. Verbal Class presentation: 20%
3. Class Participation and Engagement: 10%
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Students will be able to analyse the relationship between food, society and wider political processes which:
• favours an interdisciplinary approach to globalisation research drawn from anthropology, economics, history, sociology, political theory, cultural studies, and the natural sciences
• favours a comparative approach to knowledge production (both diachronic and geographic)
• considers constructivist approaches to historical and social categories where essentialist notions are questioned
• attempts to question Eurocentric notions in favour of those that also consider non-Western perspectives and knowledge systems
• favours an interdisciplinary approach to globalisation research drawn from anthropology, economics, history, sociology, political theory, cultural studies, and the natural sciences
• favours a comparative approach to knowledge production (both diachronic and geographic)
• considers constructivist approaches to historical and social categories where essentialist notions are questioned
• attempts to question Eurocentric notions in favour of those that also consider non-Western perspectives and knowledge systems
Examination topics
Reading list
Association in the course directory
VM4, VM5
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