Sociology and History of Food

General characterization

Prerequisites

Bibliography

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Teaching method

The course is organized in lectures: 2 weekly lectures of 50 min long each. The course will be taught by professors from the Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa.

Evaluation method

The evaluation include a written work and a final exam graded from 0 to 20.

Subject matter

Introduction
Introduction to the program, its structure and content and assessment (Iva Pires)
I. History of Food
1. Food as a medicine:
1.1 From dietetics first steps to the Western Authorities Canon
1.2 The Humoral Theories and the Great Chain of Beings: building and evolution of a doctrine
1.3 The three phases of healing: the importance of a diet
1.4 Food in Portuguese Hygiene Treaties until 18th century
2. Sharing a territory, sharing a culture (Ancient Mediterranean and Medieval Europe):
2.1 Rural / urban space: agricultural space organization and autarkic regime ideals
2.2 Religions and table liturgy: immortality foods and sacrificial cuisine
2.3 Maritime trade routes and fluvial resources: luxuries versus resources
2.4 Preserving food products ancestral ways
3. Europe and (un) continued inheritances
3.1 Monastery gardens and kitchens: sugars, "mezinhas" and perfumes
3.2 Honey and sugar cane
3.3 The spices return and the Discoveries
4. The 16th century and the Oriental and New World species disclosure
4.1 Food types and diets: dietary variables
4.2 New products assimilation in the Iberian and Mediterranean areas: turkey, corn maize, potatoes, tomatoes, etc ...
4.3 The new sociability drinks introduction: tea, coffee and chocolate.
5. Food and conviviality
5.1 The table sociability models: space, bodies and service
5.2 From French service to Russian service: the implication in product choices and cooking techniques
6. Aesthetics, "Good taste" and cuisine identity
6.1 The table aesthetics and the "good taste" concept triumph (late 17th-18th century)
6.2 Cookbooks: the "French" cuisine hegemony in Europe; the first called "Portuguese" recipes

II. Sociology of Health and Food
1. The social construction of health and disease
2. Body and health as social constructions
3. Health Determinants of in a globalized world
4. Portuguese population Health status and its determinants: healthy versus risk behaviors
5. Health in everyday life and health promotion
6. Changes in diet and health conceptions
6.1. “Diets”, obesity and body images
6.2. Obesity and food consumption medicalization
7. Food and identities construction

III. The Future Challenges of Food in the Context of the Anthropocene
1. Globalization and food in the 21st century: from production to food distribution; the globalization of food chains
2. Food financing, dematerialization and digitalization
3. Food analyzed from a political, ethical, sustainability and risk perspectives
3.1 Food sovereignty
3.2 Food security
3.3 Food waste
3.4 Risks and food safety
4. Controversial topics around food and nutrition
4. 1 GMOs, yes or no?
4.2 Meat consumption, is it really necessary to reduce it?
4.3 The use of pesticides and the impact on the environment and on human health
5. Linking History, Sociology, Health and Sustainability
Learning from the past to promote healthy diets and sustainable food systems to feed 9 billion people within the “safe operating space of Humanity”

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