ANT 6633 - Food Justice

3 Semester Hour(s)

This seminar studies the vibrant and growing range of social movements around food and agriculture. We will begin by examining several theoretical and conceptual frameworks for understanding historical changes and current dynamics in the international food and agriculture system. We will then examine different positions in fraught debates around population growth, hunger, and the appropriate role of biotechnology and agribusiness relative to low input, peasant agriculture in feeding a growing global population. The remainder of the course will examine several case studies of social movements around land, food, and agriculture. We’ll end the term with a look at emerging paradigms and alternative models, and examine dynamic current debates around food sovereignty and food justice.