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Online Foodways Syllabus Spring 2019 Folk Studies/Anthro 388-700: Foodways (3 cr.) Web Course Spring 2019 Dr. Tim Frandy Office: 312 FAC (early semester); 274 FAC (late semester) Office Hours: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, 4:00-5:00; or by appointment [email protected] ! Course Description: Food touches nearly every aspect of our lives, and is one of the most important symbolic aspects of our everyday lives. This course explores the preparation, presentation, and performance of food in a variety of cultures and contexts. This includes how food shapes our understanding of our environment, our performance of gender and class, our ethnicities and families, and our social values, informal economics, and politics. This course is arranged in weekly modules. Most weeks, you will be expected to 1) complete a set of readings (generally 3-4 academic articles); 2) read lecture notes (my own comments on the readings); 3) participate in a discussion forum about the readings and your own life experiences; 4) complete a short reading quiz. In addition to this, students will take an online midterm and final exam, and write and share two short essays (Food History; Foodways Ethnography), which will be shared with other students for further discussion. ! Colonnade Goals and Connections Outcomes: This class satisfies the following Colonnade general education goals: • An appreciation of the complexity and variety in the world's cultures • Analyze the development of self in relation to others in society • The capacity for critical and logical thinking • Evaluate solutions to real-world social and cultural problems This class satisfies each the Colonnade Connections "Local to Global" student learning outcomes. Students will: • Analyze food customs and traditions in a variety of social and cultural contexts, locally and globally. • Examine various ways that local food practices interrelate with global ones. • Evaluate the consequences of food traditions and practices on global cultures, local communities, the environment, and the world economy. Students will reflect on and evaluate the consequences of personal food choices in these areas, emphasizing social and cultural factors in these decisions and outcomes. !1 % Required Text (available for purchase at the WKU Store, or online): Al other readings available on Blackboard (blackboard.wku.edu) Long, Lucy, ed. 2015. The Food and Folklore Reader. New York: Bloomsbury. % Course Requirements: Weekly Discussion Forums (15 discussion forums x 10 points = 150 points) Some of the most e&ective ways to learn in the humanities is through conversation, and through connecting the readings to your own life experiences. Because we can’t do this in person, we will do it online. Each “Lecture Notes” will contain a “Discussion Prompt” at the end of the text. All students must 1) respond directly to the prompt (~150-250 words); 2) write at least two comments on other students’ posts (~100 words) that meaningfully engage the students’ ideas. Your response to the discussion prompt is worth 6 points, and comments are collectively worth 4 points. Lecture Notes and Discussion Prompts will be posted on Fridays by 5:00 pm, and students have approximately 9 days to complete this weekly assignment before the Discussion Forum is locked on Sunday night. For example, Week 2 Lecture Notes will be posted on Friday, January 25th. The Week 2 Discussion Forum will be open until Sunday, Feb. 3rd, at 11:59 pm. All weekly Discussion Forums will close Sundays at 11:59 pm. Reading Quizzes (10 quizzes x 5 points = 50 points) In each of the 10 weeks with required readings, we will have a short, open-book, multiple-choice quiz. If you are unhappy with your grade, you may repeat the quiz one time to try for a higher score. Your highest score will be entered into the grade book. Please note the quizzes are randomized from a pool of questions, so you may not receive the same questions during your retake. Quizzes are limited to 20 minutes, and must be completed by Sundays at 11:59 pm, before the end of the weekly module. Food History Essay (50 points; due Thursday, February 28) According to Bill Westerman, the history of the Philippines can be seen in the dessert halo halo. In this 3-4 page double-spaced essay, you will explain what history you see in a dish of your own choice. Choose a food of cultural importance to you, and choose one specific recipe as your primary recipe of study. Using online and library resources, research the history of the dish and the history of the ingredients in the dish. Learn all you can. Although formal citations are not required, you are required to turn in a short bibliography of all your sources. In your essay, you should 1) explain the dish and share your recipe; 2) explain to the best of your ability the history of the dish; 3) report out on the history of the ingredients in the recipe; 4) explain how history can be seen in the dish; and 5) o&er analytical conclusions from your findings (i.e., what does your research suggest? why does it matter? what can we learn from it?). You will upload your completed essay as an attachment to the Week 6 Discussion Forum for all to see. You will then read and comment on two other people’s essays to receive your Discussion points for the week. !2 Food Ethnography Essay (50 points; due Thursday, April 18) This 4-5 page double-spaced essay is an exercise in observation, a documentation of a food event, and a descriptive writing exercise. Choose a food event where you are not the sole participant (e.g., a meal with friends or family, a neighborhood barbecue, a picnic, or church potluck). Take photographs of meal preparation, eating, clean-up, leftover distribution, or whatever other details seem important. Informally interview your hosts, and learn what you can about the foods they’re serving, the customs surrounding those foods and their own food practices, and the reasons they prepare them. In your essay, you should 1) explain who the people you’re documenting are as people, and the nature of your relationship to them; 2) describe in detail the event from start to finish with observations you have made; 3) include 3-4 photos with captions that show important aspects of the event in the flow of the text; 4) as a conclusion, draw analytical conclusions about the cultural significance of your event (i.e., what does these food customs say about the people involved? why does this food tradition matter? what can we learn from it?). You will upload your completed essay as an attachment to the Week 12 Discussion Forum. You will then read and comment on two other people’s essays to receive your Discussion points for the week. Midterm Exam (100 points; Sunday, March 24) The midterm exam will be a mixture of multiple choice, short answer, and essay questions, focused on in-class readings, and held during Week 7. The exam will cover Weeks 1-7. It must be completed before Sunday, March 24th, at 11:59 pm. Final Exam (100 points; Wednesday, May 8) The final exam will be a mixture of multiple choice, short answer, and essay questions, focused on in- class readings, and held during finals week. The exam will cover Weeks 8-14. It must be completed before Wednesday, May 8th, at 11:59 pm. Total: 500 points A: 500-450 points; B: 400-449; C: 350-399; D:300-349; F: 0-299 % Other Important Policies & Information Checking Email & Blackboard Please check your campus email account daily, and Blackboard approximately every other day. Essential information about the course, about assignments, and upcoming deadlines will be sent to your WKU email account. It’s your responsibility to ensure you read communications about the course carefully. Late Work Because this is an online course, it is of particular importance that you stay on task and meet weekly deadlines. If you are having problems meeting deadlines for major assignments, please communicate with me as soon as possible, and we can try to come up with a solution. These are conversations to have before missing a deadline, not after it. !3 Asking for Help Students often forget that we’re all on the same team. I want you to do well in the class. You want to do well in the class. Let’s work together to make it happen. If you’re struggling, unclear about my expectations of you, or unsure how to do better, the time to ask for help is now. The class in general will only be as successful as we can make it together. Accommodations In compliance with University policy, students with disabilities who require academic and/or auxiliary accommodations for this course must contact the Student Accessibility Resource Center located in Downing Student Union, 1074. SARC can be reached by phone number at 270-745-5004 or via email at [email protected]. Please do not request accommodations directly from the professor or instructor without a faculty notification letter (FNL) from The Student Accessibility Resource Center. WKU Center for Literacy Assistance The WKU Center for Literacy is located in Gary A. Ransdell Hall 2066. At the Center for Literacy, students can receive assistance in developing strategies to help reading/studying to learn and writing for evidence and argument. The Center for Literacy offers both individual and small group sessions throughout the semester. More information about the WKU Center for Literacy can be found on the website: http://www.wku.edu/literacycenter/ Academic Integrity Please note WKU’s policies on academic integrity, academic dishonesty, plagiarism, and cheating at https://www.wku.edu/handbook/academic-dishonesty.php/.
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