FSEM 1111– Food Politics
Project Summary
The course is designed to help students use food as a practical way to understand politics and power. Students will engage in weekly discussions and short, structured assignments that move from personal food narratives to bigger systems like global capitalism, inequality, and the political economy of agriculture and trade. The course will culminate in a final project where students choose a real-world food issue and what changes could make the system more just.
Project Length
- 4 Weeks
Learning Outcomes
- Students will be able to use food as a lens to analyze politics and power, especially where political economy and identity politics overlap.
- Students will be able to explain how global capitalism and inequality show up in food systems, using cases like agriculture/history and trade-policy type dynamics.
- Students will be able to analyze class politics through food access, including patterns of availability/scarcity and the norms that shape who eats what (and how).
- Students will be able to interrogate race, gender, and sexuality in food culture, including topics like eating disorders and “dining aesthetics.
Technology Tools Used
- Zoom
- Google Docs
- Padlet
Interaction Mode
- Asynchronous
- Synchronous
Faculty Reflection
Lead Faculty
