ANTHROP 2AN3 Lecture Notes - Flowchart, Mcdonaldization, Kashrut

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Short paper proposal due in class: march 17: short paper due in class, april exam period: cumulative, on lecture and readings. Pdf of the lectures will be posted a day ahead. Believed they were the chosen people: potlatch ceremony (ceremonial feast) Distribution of gifts: food restrictions and taboo, the sacred cow in india. Food is sustenance and symbol a biological need and part of our material culture defines and strengthens our social relationships. Flow chart linking food to function: culture/environment-food-nutrients-nutritional status-functional outcomes, some functional outomes include growth, immune response etc. Aspects of food examined within nutritional anthropology: production, preparation, distribution, consumption, disposed of, what is considered trash, who gets access to the left overs. Universals in human food use: omnivorous diet, cooking, cooking to change flavour or make food eddible. Main approaches in nutritional anthropology: assessment of human nutrition, human ecology, food ways or food habit, cognitive or symbolic aspects or food.

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