Use this for Module One EAT ANT 260

Question 1

What is anthroplogy?

Answer 1

A broad diverse discipline that aims to understand the human species in terms of culture, behavoural and biological development over time

Question 2

What do humans do with food that no other species do?

Answer 2

(I.P.P.C.R.I.S.)

1. We don’t just consume it, we INTERACT with it in all parts of our lives.
2. We PRODUCE food
3. We PREPARE our food
4. We CHOOSE food
5. We make RULES about food… what to eat and when (cultural norms)
6. IMPORTANTLY we SHARE our food with people we want to mix with and avoiud eating with people we dont want to mix with

Question 3

What is the “Power of Food “ article about?

Answer 3

1. Food is a sensory experience and an important social tool and symbol
2. Food helps create the concept of “TIME”…dinner time, feast time, party time. Foods come and go out of season and we need to store, plant and pay attention to food to bolster the chances of species survival

Question 4

The King Corn movie is about…

Answer 4

2 college buddies farm corn for a year and disciver corn is in almost all produced food in the US, corn growth and corn consumption is a threat to health and the planet

Question 5

What is Mintz article “Eating America” about ?

Answer 5

America has multiple cuisines
But it does have some common cuisine events or themes such as hot dogs, hamburgers and Thanksgiving dinner
Class, regional and ethnic differences imapct cuisine in America
Convenience, quick to prepare and eat type foods increasingly dominate American cuisine… these changes have signifigantly impacted the American econmoy particualry agriculture and the environment
IMPORTANTLY this over consumption over production of conveinence foods coupled with the belief of individudal freedoms overridding safe choices my bring about the collapse of America

Question 6

What is Tanya Peres article Corns Role in America about?

Answer 6

In the article “Feast or Famine”, Tany a Peres write how corn played a vital role in N.American quisine. When traditional people and hunting, farming was destroyed by colonialists, important food ways were destroyed causing a national health crisis particualrly in the southern states

Question 7

What does Nixtramalization mean?

Answer 7

A traditional method of soaking corn in ash and water before cooking, then eat with mixed in nuts and and deer bone marrow to make a nutritius meal topped with an egg