| Course Info | Class Number: 2506
In America with its confounding combination of engorging bounty and tragic poverty, food represents a special nexus of the political and the personal. This 360 course looks at this history in the American context focusing on the food politics behind mobile populations. This class will explore several key moments in the history of food policy and migration. Topics include how food shaped the early colonies and the institution of slavery; the ways in which financial policies governing food production during the early 20th century created internal migration imperatives that refashioned entire communities; and how foreign policy from the Cold War to today has helped trigger famine and refugee crises.Students will have the opportunity to see the all too often masked connections between politics on the national or international level and the local effects on food and survival for peoples on the move around the globe.
Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP);, ;
Enrollment Limit: 15. The course is designated for 360 students
only. This 360 pulls together theoretical perspectives on comics,
narration, trauma, and recovery to explore critical dimensions of the
global experience of trauma, with a focus on interdisciplinary
understandings of suffering and survival. By the conclusion of the
360, students provide original analyses about how art enables
individuals and communities to better understand and articulate the
realities of suffering that otherwise often go unexpressed. If your
interested in the 360 program, you must fill out the application which
is due on November 8th at NOON by clicking on link.
https://www.brynmawr.edu/360/spring-2018-application-foodways-and-migration.
This 360 cluster includes enrolling in, ARCH B218, ENGL B255 & HIST B298. |
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