WL ARTS M79
Food Politics: Cultural Solutions to Political Problems
Description: (Same as Food Studies M79.) Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour. Examination of issues of environmental and public health effects of intensive and extensive agriculture, influence of corporations on government, animal ethics, food deserts and urban gardening, and food insecurity. Focus on representation of such issues in documentaries, public lectures, memoirs, novels, and visual art, as well as on initiatives to address such problems through policy and activism. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 5.0
Units: 5.0
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Spring 2023 - This class will make you a vegetarian. You get exposed to some pretty gruesome topics (eg: animal ethics and the meat industry) without any censoring. However, the class is pretty engaging and is very discussion based. No phones or computer allowed in lecture and attendance is taken. Assignments are simple reflections and then there is a final group research paper on any topic related to Food Politics. Overall, very easy and manageable; I would take this class again.
Spring 2023 - This class will make you a vegetarian. You get exposed to some pretty gruesome topics (eg: animal ethics and the meat industry) without any censoring. However, the class is pretty engaging and is very discussion based. No phones or computer allowed in lecture and attendance is taken. Assignments are simple reflections and then there is a final group research paper on any topic related to Food Politics. Overall, very easy and manageable; I would take this class again.
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