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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

Objectives and Contents

Objectives: The aim of this course is to enable students to evaluate the social and cultural meanings of eating and drinking as part of our daily life in terms of social science and human science. In this way, students will have a general view of society and people based on their fields of application.
Content: The contents of this course are the social dimensions of the food system, the origins of human livelihoods, the development of the modern food system, sociological approaches to food and eating, the social organization of food, the food family and community, the sociology and the anthropology of eating, changing perceptions of health, risks related to food, concerns and fears, regime, fat and body image, forms of choice and avoidance for food, unknown meanings of meat, vegetarian option, sugar and confectionary, food as cultural heritage, geographical marking.