ANTH 266 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Adaptive Capacity, Calorie, Food Security
26 Mar 2019
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Tastes, smells, tolerances: genetic components developed over long term. Milk in colder areas were necessary because of shorter growing seasons. Evokes emotions because sense of smell is connected to memory. Nostalgia--reconnecting to place by eating the food from that place. Comfort foods that make you feel better. Global north (europe, north america, australia) vs. Global south (africa, south america, parts of asia) Production: government can subsidize farms (pay them to stop growing certain crops if there is too much) Distribution: food aid, disaster relief, snap (lower level incomes get access to food), wic (for women in children) Decided on growing one type of potato. England would not distribute food to the colony. One million died, three million moved out. Climate basis: drought came, no extra food. The subjective ways that the past is recalled, memorialised, and used to construct the present . Cultural heritage associated with food is rich with blue crabs.
