Your blog post will interrogate — from an anthropological perspective — a food object or item (NOT A MEAL) of your choice that is meaningful to you. This can include a manufactured items (coca cola, Big Mac) or a common food/ingredient (e.g., lettuce, breastmilk), or a common meal or meal item (e.g., pancakes, supermarket sushi, PB and J). Again: do not select a whole meal!
You must engage at least three key course themes in your blog.
Two must be from Modules 1-5. Examples of relevant theme choices are:
What cultural meanings are attached to this food object, and in what context(s) (Module 1)?
Is there anything taboo about the food object, like when and how, where, or by whom it can be eaten (Module 2)?
How is social identity tied to this food object – e.g., what does it communicated to others about the person’s social position and status if someone eats or does not eat this food (Module 3)?
How is this food object transformed by us and/or transforming us (Module 4)?
Is this food object considered heathy or unhealthy, and by whom, and with what justification? (Module 5) [Be sure here to recognize that the line between what is healthy and unhealthy is arbitrary at best, and often contested! Foods are not inherently one or the other, so don’t start with that assumption!]
One must relate to Module 6. This is:
How is power or privilege or exploitation related to this food object (Module 6)?
In addition, you must provide some personal context for your relationship to and history with this food item, that makes the blog personal to you. For example, you can use personal anecdotes as a tool to engage the reader,.
But the argument you make must be balanced and supported by at least one peer-reviewed study that was not a course reading.