ANT 351 FOOD, CLIMATE, AND CULTURE

An investigation of the impacts of climate change on global food supply and the cultural implications of these changes. Crop failures, rising food prices, and the environmental tolls of industrial food production are daily news. While technology and human ingenuity are helping some areas adapt to hotter and drier growing seasons and wetter conditions in others, these solutions often reveal global disparities in access to resources. Changes in the predictability and severity of weather conditions are also impacting the tangible heritage of agricultural landscapes as well as intangible cultural heritage such as cuisines. Students will examine how specific groups are dealing with issues of food security on local and global levels. Students will delve into case studies focused on the impact of the climate crisis on food cultures at a local level in order to get a better understanding of the complexity of the impacts of global climate change from food security to cultural identity.