From: Gap Year
College <gapyearcollege@gmail.com
>
Date:
20 Nov 2007 16:05
Subject:
GYC Invitation to Workshop on "Thought for Food" from 10 - 16 December
2007..
Gap Year College
invites you to a workshop
Thought
for Food
Facilitated
by Karuna Morarji
10th to 16th
December 2007.
In this
workshop, we will consider what it might mean for each one of us to eat
responsibly, as well as strategies for doing so. As eaters, most of us
today think of ourselves primarily as consumers of food, rather than as
participating in a web of relationships. This course will provide an
opportunity to think about food in ways which we often do not
consciously consider, such as: How has the food we eat been produced,
where, by whom, when? How do we consume the foods we do: what do we
choose to eat, where/from whom do we acquire, prepare and eat food? How
do we assess the value and quality of food? What are the implications
of our answers to these questions?
We will explore
such questions holistically through analysis and personal reflection,
readings, writings, discussions and viewings of films, a small research
project, and by preparing, eating and enjoying food. In the context of
globalization and market liberalization, with the expansion of
corporate agriculture, processing and retailing of foods that come to
us from ever-growing distances, in increasingly processed and packaged
forms, the links between food and farming are evermore obscured. We
will draw on interdisciplinary analytical tools such as "food systems"
to trace some of the complex relationships that constitute food in the
contemporary world and in our lives, and to examine their ecological,
socio-political and historical dimensions. At the same time, we will
initiate research into the
origins of particular foods we eat, explore possibilities for growing
our own food, and locate localized food sources.
As a part of this
course, we will also prepare, cook and eat food that is nutritious, but
also delicious, as one way to experience how we can eat more
responsibly.
This course is
appropriate for anyone who eats food, wants to become more conscious of
what, how and why we eat, and is interested in examining these issues
rigorously and in depth through a range of methods.
Where : The beautiful SIDH campus
in Kempty (about 15 km from Mussoorie)
Facilitator: Karuna Morarji is
currently pursuing doctoral research in Development Sociology at
Cornell University. She enjoys sharing an appreciation for critical
social theory as a lens to see relationships between things that often
appear independent and disconnected. Cooking wholesome food also makes
her happy, and she has mostly learnt about food and its larger role in
the order of things from her mother and grandmothers. Facilitating this
workshop is a way to bring together these interests and give further
thought for food: as a basic source of human nourishment, pleasure, and
expression of nurture and community; and as part of complex webs of
ecology, culture, history, and politics.
How to sign up: Places in this
workshop are limited, so prior registration is essential. For
registration please contact Mridu / Chaiti with your name, email,
phone, address at gapyearcollege@gmail.com
and 01376-213060 ; 0135-6455203 ; 09219594203.
Cost: The workshop fee (including
boarding and lodging and materials) will be Rs 4000 per participant*.
[*A few
scholarships / partial-waivers may be available]
Some
useful documents related to the workshop are attached in PDF format
with this mail.
Please
forward this mail to those friends and acquaintances of yours who you
think might be interested in this workshop.
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GAP
YEAR COLLEGE
SIDH
Hazelwood
Cottage
P.O.
Box 19, Landour Cantt.
Mussoorie
248179
Uttarakhand,
India.
Tel/fax:
91-1376-213060, 91-135-6455203
Tel:
+91-9411144021
http://www.gapyearcollege.org
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