SOC 808 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Political Ecology, Human Ecology, Food Security
22 Feb 2017
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Week 1: centrality of food in the everyday. Things that affect food choices emotions, hunger price, health, convenience, cost, familiarity. Food system is structured by relations of power and contribute to environmental degradation: a complex set of social relations, processes, structures, and institutions. Food at a micro level: individual; can be seen as an identity badge, a product, an object of emotions, and a political tool. Food at a meso level: community based. Food at a macro level: global; i. e. international relations & trade, economics. Increase of meat consumption, demand for specialty corn. Commodity chain studies: external impact on food production environment, social justice, discrimination, health. Food system: historically specific complex set of social relations, processes, structures, and institutions that cover human interactions with nature and other humans involving in the production, distribution, and consumption of food. Different issues propel food studies nutritional and health concerns, economic instability, a food crisis (i. e. deficiencies)
