The Political Ecology of Food and Eating (AUS C3)

There is no more intimate act that we engage in on a regular basis than the practice of eating. At the same time, the food choices that we make have a significant impact on natural systems, cultural practices, and political economic structures. This course examines food production, distribution, and consumption issues across geographic scales, and flows between the micro of the individual body to the macro of the national and global. We will explore the political, social, cultural and economic dimensions of food and eating in particular spaces, places, environments and contexts. As a result of this course you will develop a more sophisticated understanding of the connection between how we eat and how we live, as well as further refine your approach as an animator of positive social change.

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