CHID 250 B: Special Topics: Introduction to the History of Ideas

"PROCESSES OF EVERYDAY RESILIENCE: DECODING AND RECODING CULTURAL LANGUAGE IN FOODS AND EATING-RELATED EVENTS" (VLPA) WHAT MESSAGES AND MEANINGS DOES FOOD CREATE AND ACQUIRE WITH CULTURE? WHAT ARE THE FEELINGS, EMOTIONS AND MEANINGS THAT FOODS AND OTHER EATING-RELATED EVENTS EMBODY? THIS COURSE WILL DEVELOP AN UNDERSTANDING OF OUR FOODS AND THE DYNAMIC MESSAGES THAT WE AS A SOCIETY INTERCHANGE IN THE EVENTS AND PERFORMANCES RELATED TO CULINARY TRADITIONS THROUGH THE LENS OF CULTURAL STUDIES AND ETHNOGRAPHY. USING SEATTLE AS RESEARCH, WE WILL DEVELOP A PRACTICAL ANALYSIS OF CULTURAL EVENTS SUCH AS HOLIDAYS, PERFORMANCES OF BELONGING RELATED TO ETHNIC FOOD, FOOD AND DIASPORA, AMERICAN NOSTALGIA, AND STREET FOOD CULTURE. WITH AN EMPHASIS ON DIVERSE PRACTICES AND FORMS OF "FUSION" WE WILL UNPACK THE INTERLOCKING STRUCTURES OF POWER AND RESILIENCE. OFFERED VIA REMOTE LEARNING