Sustainability lesson 7 - 8 Flashcards
Embodiment with food
building involvement with what we eat
No beef in India
sacred animal
pig in Islam
a forbidden food-competes with humans
environmental bubble
protective tourists when abroad
ghost of taste
having an illustration (positive) influences your purchase
e.g. smiling cow on the label
food revitalization
previously consumed food is coming back
culture colonization
adapting new eating habits (Western)
behaviour being diffused from different parts of the world
geopolitics, symbolism and globalisation
e.g. Coffee becoming global, women can drink now, friendly
fair trade
to help producers in developing countries achieve better trading conditions and sustainable farming
food-related concepts
- neophobia vs. neophilia: scared of new things vs open to trying
- ethnocentrism: evaluating others; cultures based on standards of one’s own culture (bad)
- cultural relativism: judging one’s culture based on standards of that culture. (good)
culinary diplomacy
food is important to build cultural understanding
- “Give me good cooks, I’ll give you good treaties
- “tell me what you eat, and I WILL TELL YOU WHO YOU ARE”
culture capital -> education
more openmindedness and less negative impacts on environment
Cultural Intelligence Model
- CQ Drive
- CQ Knowledge
- CQ Strategy
- CQ Action
CQ drive
- your interest, drive and confidence to adapt in multi-cultural situations
- What do you know about coffee: origin, history, production, functions (latent/manifest), discipline, success, rationality, healthy, anti-erotic, bourgeois drink in 18th cent.
CQ knowledge
your understanding about how cultures are similar and different