One item you will see often (and often repeated) is that American Anthropology traditionally has a four-fold approach to the study of humans and closely related species. These four fields include...

One item you will see often (and often repeated) is that American Anthropology traditionally has a four-fold approach to the study of humans and closely related species. These four fields include...

American Anthropology cultural / social Physical / biological archaeology linguistics

Ryan Adams of IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis) best summarized the case... So why study the Anthropology of Food?

Ryan Adams of IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis) best summarized the case... So why study the Anthropology of Food?

Why food? “Food is required by every human on earth, yet the types of food we eat and how we produce and consume it vary tremendously. It is therefore a nearly perfect subject for anthropology, since it can be examined in terms of human biology, culture, and social status across time from our evolutionary ancestors to the present day.... ” -- Ryan Adams, IUPUI Anthropology

And the folks at the University of Indiana (Bloomington, IN) should know... they offer a Ph.D. in the Anthropology of Food

And lots of people At a lot of places find these topics interesting... There have been 84,000 page views of the UMD Anthropology of Food WebPages in just a little over a year...

Gustavus Adolphus

Harvard

Princeton

Berkeley

Michael Pollan Author of your Textbook The Omnivore’s Dilemma

University of Minnesota TC

TED

Buckingham Palace

William to take Cambridge University agriculture course BBC NewsWilliam to take Cambridge University agriculture course BBC News (30 December 2013)

The White House

And a Bandwagon of Personalities

And lots of people find these topics interesting... There have been more than a quarter million page views of the UMD Anthropology of Food WebPages in the last four years...

281,311

So... we’re going to have a look at...

Food and its... cultural / social physical / biological archaeological linguistical So... we’re going to have a look at... aspects

These areas are also commonly known as...

Food and its... sociocultural biophysical archaeological linguistical So... we’re going to have a look at... aspects

Food and its... sociocultural biophysical archaeological linguistical So... we’re going to have a look at... aspects cultural / social physical / biological archaeological linguistical

And you’ll visit these same four fields as you go through your texts...

... and as you go through your other class materials...

And you’ll visit these fields with your term project...

but more at a later date...

And to study food in this tradition there are a few basic characteristics of anthropology to keep in mind...

1. the four fields of general anthropology 2.culture as a primary concept 3.comparative method as major approach to the study of human behavior 4. holism or the study of "humankind" as a whole, as a primary theoretical goal 5.fieldwork as a primary research technique, involving “participant observation” Main Characteristics of Anthropology

1. the four fields of general anthropology 2.culture as a primary concept 3.comparative method as major approach to the study of human behavior 4. holism or the study of "humankind" as a whole, as a primary theoretical goal 5.fieldwork as a primary research technique, involving “participant observation” Main Characteristics of Anthropology more at a later date...

Finally, to round off our theoretical perspectives, we’ll have a brief look at...

a few “Other Important Terms” including...

1. ethnocentrism 2.cultural relativism absolute cultural relativism critical cultural relativism 3.“multiple cultural worlds” a few “Other Important Terms” including...

1. ethnocentrism 2.cultural relativism absolute cultural relativism critical cultural relativism 3.“multiple cultural worlds” a few “Other Important Terms” including... more at a later date...

and “Units of Analysis” including...

“units of analysis” may include: –one person –the family –the community –a region –a “culture area” –a culture / “subculture” –a nation –the world –an item or action itself –a “cultural metaphor”

“units of analysis” may include: –one person –the family –the community –a region –a “culture area” –a culture / “subculture” –a nation –the world –an item or action itself –a “cultural metaphor” more at a later date...

and we’ll have a brief look at Three Major Perennial Debates including...

1.Biological Determinism vs. Cultural Constructionism 2.Ideationism vs. Cultural Materialism 3.Individual Agency vs. Structuralism (“free will” vs. “power structures”) three major contemporary debates

1.Biological Determinism vs. Cultural Constructionism 2.Ideationism vs. Cultural Materialism 3.Individual Agency vs. Structuralism (“free will” vs. “power structures”) three major contemporary debates more at a later date...

Further instructions follow, but if you want, and your browser permits, clicking on the URL that follows in the next slide will take you to your Moodle home... (your browser may require that you double-click) There is another link at the end of this program

If your browser does not allow you to click on the above URL just enter it in your browser window... Continue on here for further instructions... (your browser may require that you double-click) There is another link at the end of this program

enter: moodle.umn.edu

enter: moodle.umn.edu

Your log-in page will then look something like the following... Log in using your “x.500” information... (that’s the log-in information you use for your )

Log in using your “x.500” information... (that’s the log-in information you use for your )

You may also access your Moodle folder from any of the many course index and content web pages...

Your Moodle “home” will look something like the following...

Your Moodle “home” will look something like this...

Select Anthropology of Food...

Your Moodle “home” will look something like this...

Your Moodle screen will look something like the following...

Your Moodle screen will look something like this...

If you are new to Moodle watch the online orientation

Your Moodle screen will look something like this... scroll down

“Block 1”

contains the basic information for the course. For example...

“Block 1” “The Course in a Nutshell”

The Course Outline in a Nutshell

“Block 1” The “Major Due Dates” web page is a handy site

“Block 1” The “Major Due Dates” web page is a handy site

“Block 1”

Weekly Memos are available here...

“Block 1” contains the basic information for the course

“Block 1” REM: “Block 1” contains the basic information for the course scroll down

The Student Collaboration Space could also be very handy...

Click for Week 1 Details... Moodle will open Week 1 and take you to the top of the page...

Your Moodle screen will look something like this...

scroll down

And the listing for Week 1 will look something like this...

scroll down

There are usually four main parts to the listings of a week... plus a bonus “For Fun” section

1. Topics for the Week...

including useful supplementary materials like, for example, figures, illustrations, and graphs......

2. Readings for the Week...

3. Video Information for the week...

4. Activities for the week...

Activities for Week 1 include...

be sure to Update Your Moodle Profile as part of your introduction

Plus a bonus “For Fun” section...

a little Trivia thrown in at no extra charge...

and, just for the fun of it, have a look around at the rest of the materials...

... have a look around at the rest of your Moodle folder...

For example, have a look at the “First Day Handout”...

The “First-Day” Handout information contains the basic information... It’s the syllabus It look something like the following...

The “First-Day” Handout information contains the basic information... It’s the “syllabus” It look something like the following...

The “First-Day” Handout information contains the basic information... It’s the “syllabus” It look something like the following...

“First-Day” Handout information...

“First-Day” Handout information... scroll down

“First-Day” Handout information... Basic Contact information...

“First-Day” Handout information... Basic Contact information... scroll down

“Block 1” Moodle Home and “Block 1”

As you have seen, “Block 1” contains the basic information for the course Moodle Home and “Block 1”

Moodle Home and “Block 1” scroll down As you have seen, “Block 1” contains the basic information for the course

“First-Day” Handout information...

“First-Day” Handout information... click here for grades link

“First-Day” Handout information... click here for grades link including requirements, due dates, options, and grades

“First-Day” Handout information... Moodle Grader Your Gradebook will look something like this

“First-Day” Handout information... this is the best place to check requirements, due dates, options, and grades...

“First-Day” Handout information...

NOTE: Only the materials in the center panel are required

“First-Day” Handout information... Typical Week’s Listings

Basic Textbook Information

including information on purchasing texts...

Governing Procedures pay attention...

Governing Procedures

NB: Governing Procedures note on Extra Credit Papers

Governing Procedures

Special Facilities Information

And “Meet Your Professor”...

one more piece of useful information...

At the very top of “Block 1” you will see an alphabet. Clicking on a letter will bring you to a page that indexes course WebPages for virtually all of the scheduled topics and items in the course. Clicking on a letter will bring you to a page that indexes course WebPages for virtually all of the scheduled topics and items in the course.

This information is very useful

How useful?

There have been more than a quarter million page views of the UMD Anthropology of Food WebPages in the last four years...

281,311 in the last four years there have been 281,000+ page visits to the Anthropology of Food course page...

to access a topic simply click on a letter to go to an index page...

and from the index page click on the item you want...

scroll down for more items

scroll down

click on item... and...

voilá

this should be very useful when it comes time to start thinking about your class project

REM...

(in fact, they’re encouraged)

Cheers!