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ANSWERS
Norms of Commensality - Answers - expectations of how one eats, food-related
etiquette, behavior, proper use of eating utensils
what and who does the Green Revolution prioritize? - Answers - those with capital and
land and also yield and high intensity farming
How are Humans distinct from other species in terms of eating? - Answers - How we
produce, process, and cook it
how are hybrid seeds a metaphor in India especially? - Answers - hybrids are weak and
dependent and are constantly in need of inputs much like the villagers are now
How do we dictate what is edible? - Answers - Based on the societal norms of what you
consider to be edible
how has adaptation of foreign crops negatively affected Indian society? - Answers - it
displaced religious aspects of farming and harmed farming land and ecology
How is food an artifact? - Answers - Humans process, grow it, and consume it give a
part of the natural world of food, transforming into a part of that culture and it becomes a
part of us
what do farmed fish represent for the First Nation communities? - Answers -
colonization
Why did Malinowski think it was practical to document food processes? - Answers - He
looked at ordinary, daily activities of individuals as revealing social patterns and
providing insights into patterns
what did mintz predict about the proletarian diet? - Answers - he predicted the fast food
of today
How can the ethnographic present be problematic? - Answers - it freezes a group in
time: when an anthropologist documents the field site as they were there but then later
when it is read it can be misinterpreted
why did regulation of food industry become necessary in the 19th century? - Answers -
adulteration of the end product meant adding things to the final product
participant observation - Answers - a naturalistic observation in which the observer
becomes a participant in the group being observed
, Emic - Answers - Their way of understanding things
Etic - Answers - Analytical perspectives
What most characterizes our changing relationship with food? - Answers - A shift away
from self-sufficiency and separation between growing and eating
The western style industrial diet is characterized by? - Answers - salt, sugar, fat, meat
Where is meaning and value assigned to food regardless of where it originated? -
Answers - Locally
Despite globalization, what retains cultural identity? - Answers - Local culinary traditions
Geophagy - Answers - The practice of eating earth, dirt or clay
Anthropophagy - Answers - Cannibalism
EcoGastronomy - Answers - Ecological consciousness around food and synonym for
slow food movement
Freeganism - Answers - movement that emphasizes avoiding the consumer economy
through using wasted products and services (dumpster diving food)
Why does Pollan say that eating in our time has gotten complicated? - Answers - we
rely on so many sources for getting our food but we also don't know what we should be
eating
What does Pollan say about nutritional science? - Answers - it is a new field so it
doesn't know much but long-standing culinary Traditions might know
How old is nutrition science? - Answers - Early 1900s less than 200 years old
What are the Western diseases? - Answers - type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease,
obesity, cancer
What fact about links between diet and health is not in dispute? - Answers - The
Western diet creates disease and other non-western diets don't cause diseases
How does the Western diet relate to the healthcare industry? - Answers - They make
money off of the western diet and chronic diseases
What was Pollans answer to the complicated - Answers - eat food, not too much, mostly
plants
ANSWERS
Norms of Commensality - Answers - expectations of how one eats, food-related
etiquette, behavior, proper use of eating utensils
what and who does the Green Revolution prioritize? - Answers - those with capital and
land and also yield and high intensity farming
How are Humans distinct from other species in terms of eating? - Answers - How we
produce, process, and cook it
how are hybrid seeds a metaphor in India especially? - Answers - hybrids are weak and
dependent and are constantly in need of inputs much like the villagers are now
How do we dictate what is edible? - Answers - Based on the societal norms of what you
consider to be edible
how has adaptation of foreign crops negatively affected Indian society? - Answers - it
displaced religious aspects of farming and harmed farming land and ecology
How is food an artifact? - Answers - Humans process, grow it, and consume it give a
part of the natural world of food, transforming into a part of that culture and it becomes a
part of us
what do farmed fish represent for the First Nation communities? - Answers -
colonization
Why did Malinowski think it was practical to document food processes? - Answers - He
looked at ordinary, daily activities of individuals as revealing social patterns and
providing insights into patterns
what did mintz predict about the proletarian diet? - Answers - he predicted the fast food
of today
How can the ethnographic present be problematic? - Answers - it freezes a group in
time: when an anthropologist documents the field site as they were there but then later
when it is read it can be misinterpreted
why did regulation of food industry become necessary in the 19th century? - Answers -
adulteration of the end product meant adding things to the final product
participant observation - Answers - a naturalistic observation in which the observer
becomes a participant in the group being observed
, Emic - Answers - Their way of understanding things
Etic - Answers - Analytical perspectives
What most characterizes our changing relationship with food? - Answers - A shift away
from self-sufficiency and separation between growing and eating
The western style industrial diet is characterized by? - Answers - salt, sugar, fat, meat
Where is meaning and value assigned to food regardless of where it originated? -
Answers - Locally
Despite globalization, what retains cultural identity? - Answers - Local culinary traditions
Geophagy - Answers - The practice of eating earth, dirt or clay
Anthropophagy - Answers - Cannibalism
EcoGastronomy - Answers - Ecological consciousness around food and synonym for
slow food movement
Freeganism - Answers - movement that emphasizes avoiding the consumer economy
through using wasted products and services (dumpster diving food)
Why does Pollan say that eating in our time has gotten complicated? - Answers - we
rely on so many sources for getting our food but we also don't know what we should be
eating
What does Pollan say about nutritional science? - Answers - it is a new field so it
doesn't know much but long-standing culinary Traditions might know
How old is nutrition science? - Answers - Early 1900s less than 200 years old
What are the Western diseases? - Answers - type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease,
obesity, cancer
What fact about links between diet and health is not in dispute? - Answers - The
Western diet creates disease and other non-western diets don't cause diseases
How does the Western diet relate to the healthcare industry? - Answers - They make
money off of the western diet and chronic diseases
What was Pollans answer to the complicated - Answers - eat food, not too much, mostly
plants
