anth 310d | food and culture dr. adams |spring 2015 melissa correll [email protected] developing...
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ANTH 310D | Food and CultureDr. Adams |Spring 2015
Melissa [email protected]
Developing Your Research Topic
DishPotato Chip Sandwich
Food
Anthropology
You
Choosing a dish related to you will lead to a more interesting project (you’ll enjoy the research more and produce higher-quality work if you care about what you are doing)
You’ll consider how these concepts intersect
DishPotato Chip Sandwich
Food
Anthropology
YouFond
memoriesChildhood
Still like it
Family bond
How is this dish relevant to you?
DishPotato Chip Sandwich
Food
Anthropology
YouFond
memories
Class
Latchkey kid
Working parents
independence
Childhood
Still like it
Family bond
DishPotato Chip Sandwich
Food
Anthropology
YouFond
memories
Class
Latchkey kid
Working parents
independence
Childhood
Still like it
Family bond
Convenient
Pale, bland
CheapEasy
Processed
White bread, mayo, chips
What do you know about this dish?
DishPotato Chip Sandwich
Food
Anthropology
YouFond
memories
Class
Latchkey kid
Working parents
independence
Childhood
Still like it
Family bond
Convenient
Pale, bland
CheapEasy
Processed
White bread, mayo, chips Social
Context
Anthropologists in this field
You will need to identify relevant anthropologists, and to consider the social context of the dish
DishPotato Chip Sandwich
Food
Anthropology
YouFond
memories
Class
Latchkey kid
Working parents
independence
Childhood
Still like it
Family bond
Convenient
Pale, bland
CheapEasy
Processed
White bread, mayo, chips Social
Context
What is “white trash?”
Anthropologists in this field
DishPotato Chip Sandwich
Food
Anthropology
YouFond
memories
Class
Latchkey kid
Working parents
independence
Childhood
Still like it
Family bond
Convenient
Pale, bland
CheapEasy
Processed
White bread, mayo, chips Social
Context
What is “white trash?”
Lack of sophistication
How is identity
constructed?
Class & race intersect
Anthropologists in this field
Ask yourself:What do I already know? What do I need to find out?
DishPotato Chip Sandwich
Food
Anthropology
YouFond
memories
Class
Latchkey kid
Working parents
independence
Childhood
Still like it
Family bond
Convenient
Pale, bland
CheapEasy
Processed
White bread, mayo, chips Social
Context
Processed food in
America
What is “white trash?”
Lack of sophistication
How is identity
constructed?
Class & race intersect
Anthropologists in this field
Is there something uniquely
American about convenience
food?
New ideas may occur to you throughout the process
DishPotato Chip Sandwich
Food
Anthropology
YouFond
memories
Class
Latchkey kid
Working parents
independence
Childhood
Still like it
Family bond
Convenient
Pale, bland
CheapEasy
Processed
White bread, mayo, chips Social
Context
Processed food in
America
What is “white trash?”
Lack of sophistication
How is identity
constructed?
Class & race intersect
Anthropologists in this field
Is there something uniquely
American about convenience
food?
Matt Wray (sociologist)
Preliminary research helps you identify relevant scholars. Be sure to check their credentials – you need at least three sources from an anthropologist!
DishPotato Chip Sandwich
Food
Anthropology
YouFond
memories
Class
Latchkey kid
Working parents
independence
Childhood
Still like it
Family bond
Convenient
Pale, bland
CheapEasy
Processed
White bread, mayo, chips Social
Context
Processed food in
America
What is “white trash?”
Lack of sophistication
How is identity
constructed?
Class & race intersect
Anthropologists in this field
Is there something uniquely
American about convenience
food?
James Hartigan
(anth)
Matt Wray (sociologist)
With more research, I found an anthropologist who writes about “white trash”
DishPotato Chip Sandwich
Food
Anthropology
YouFond
memories
Class
Latchkey kid
Working parents
independence
Childhood
Still like it
Family bond
Convenient
Pale, bland
CheapEasy
Processed
White bread, mayo, chips Social
Context
Processed food in
America
What is “white trash?”
Lack of sophistication
How is identity
constructed?
Class & race intersect
Anthropologists in this field
Is there something uniquely
American about convenience
food?
James Hartigan
(anth)
Matt Wray (sociologist)
Is there something uniquely American
about “white trash?”
Do you see common themes emerging?
New questions may arise
DishPotato Chip Sandwich
Food
Anthropology
YouFond
memories
Class
Latchkey kid
Working parents
independence
Childhood
Still like it
Family bond
Convenient
Pale, bland
CheapEasy
Processed
White bread, mayo, chips Social
Context
Processed food in
America
What is “white trash?”
Lack of sophistication
How is identity
constructed?
Class & race intersect
Anthropologists in this field
Is there something uniquely
American about convenience
food?
James Hartigan
(anth)
Matt Wray (sociologist)
Is there something uniquely American
about “white trash?”
Connected ideas helped me to generate a preliminary research question:
How does processed comfort food (such as the potato chip sandwich) embody the characteristics of the socially constructed identity “white trash?”
To do efficient research, you need a strategy. Ask yourself these three questions (and answer them as best you can) to formulate a strategy:
What do I (think I) know about _________?What do I need to find out about _______?Where might I find that information?
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