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GEOG 738 : Future Food and Biological Economies

Postgraduate course

Project description

The course examines how contemporary food economies have taken shape. It explores the interaction between social, economic and biological processes and the knowledge production practices that mediate them. It examines the social relations of agri-food, from pre-paddock to post-plate, highlighting the ethics and politics of food provisioning and eating. The course investigates questions of global food regimes, knowledge production, nature-society relationships, the emergence of alternative food economies, and the spatialities of agri-food assemblages.

Year 2022

Location New Zealand

Organization University of Auckland

Project aims

Project outcome

By the end of this course, students will be able to: Recognise, describe and account for the social and spatial relations of contemporary food economies (Capability 1, 2 and 6) Develop and demonstrate ability to distil and communicate core analytical concepts and methodological approaches (Capability 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6) Develop understandings of the value of enactive research (Capability 2, 3 and 4) Critically evaluate the politics and ethics of different food provisioning assemblages (Capability 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6)