FS 006 PZ -Food for Thought

Institution: Pitzer

Description: Food is a source of our shared passion. In this course we analyze the meanings associated with food and eating. We discuss the aestheticization and symbolization of food, as well as the moral economy of what constitutes healthy food. Food defines who we are as well as who we are not. This course will use food as an optic through which we examine environmental sustainability, gender, public health and social inequality. We will explore the histories of local and global modes of food production, distribution and consumption, and endeavor to imagine alternatives to contemporary eating practices and industrial food production. (Instructor: Emily Chao)

Prerequisite(s): None

First-Year seminars are not listed on the course schedule. Incoming students will be assigned to a first-year seminar and registered automatically.