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FOOD AND CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY COURSE IDENTIFICATION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Code Name of the Course Unit Semester In-Class Hours (T+P) Credit ECTS Credit
GAS426 FOOD AND CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY 5 3 3 5

WEEKLY COURSE CONTENTS AND STUDY MATERIALS FOR PRELIMINARY & FURTHER STUDY

Week Preparatory Topics(Subjects) Method
1 Reading What is Anthropology? (Intercultural approach, human compliance, general anthropology, cultural forces shape human biology, sub-branches of anthropology, anthropology and other academic fields, applied anthropology) Lecture, Literature review
2 Reading Culture (What is culture ?, the evolutionary basis of culture, universality, generalism and particularism, culture and individual, popular culture, urban culture, general culture, levels of culture, ethnocentrism, cultural relativism and human rights, mechanisms of cultural change, globalization) Lecture, Literature review
3 Reading Discussing the social dimensions of the food system and the historical origins of the ways of feeding in human life Lecture, Literature review
4 Preparation homework Development of modern food systems Lecture, Literature review
5 Reading Sociological approaches on food and eating Lecture, Literature review
6 Literature research Social organization of eating Lecture, Literature review
7 Literature research Food, family and community Lecture, Literature review
8 - MID-TERM EXAM -
9 Reading Diet and changing perceptions of health Lecture, Literature review
10 Reading Food risks, concerns and fears Practical
11 Reading Diet, fat and body image Practical
12 Preparation homework Cultural social meanings of meat Practical
13 Preparation homework Being a vegetarian, cultural and social meaning of not preferring to eat meat Practical
14 Preparation homework Cultural and social meanings of eating sugar Lecture, Literature review
15 Reading Geographical marking of food and food as cultural heritage Lecture, Literature review
16 - FINAL EXAM -
17 - FINAL EXAM -