ENVST-235 Globalization and Agriculture
How has globalization shaped agriculture? Why is this relationship fraught? This course examines the history and current state of the global food system. We explore tensions between food security and food sovereignty; racial, classed and gendered effects of export-driven agriculture; colonial precursors to global commodity chains; the rise of transnational agrarian movements; and conflicts related to immigration, labor, land use, environmental pollution, climate change and intellectual property. Throughout the semester, we map and reflect on our own relationships to "globalized agriculture."
Standard Course (40)
Credits
1
Prerequisite
Must have taken a prior course in one of the following: Anthropology, Sociology, Environmental Studies, Africana Studies, Asian Studies or Women’s and Gender Studies.
Offered
Fall