We are comprised of faculty and students in social
science departments at the University of Minnesota. We meet regularly
to discuss each others' work and to read relevant work by outside
authors. To subscribe to our email list, please email Jerry Shannon at
shann039@umn.edu
We are hosting a monthly film series on Thursday nights throughout the academic year. This is being run in conjunction with the Bell Museum's Hungry Planet exhibition.
Our fall meetings are scheduled from 8:30-10 AM on alternate
Fridays. The exact dates are listed below. All meetings will take place at 1229 Heller Hall.
Fall 2009 schedule- September 2 (Meeting from 10-11ish at Mapps): Discussion of the film series with the Bell Museum
- September 18: Review of Valentine Cadieux's working paper, "Consuming production, producing
sustainability: The fetish of production
in local agri-food activism"
- October
2: Review of Jerry Shannon's paper: "Must the Circle Be Unbroken?:
Moving beyond the local to define difference in alternative food
networks"
- October 16: (Meeting from 1:45-3:15): Manuscript and visit from Lisa Heldke, Philosophy professor at Gustavus Adolphus College
- October 30:
- Tsing, A. (2009). Supply Chains and the Human Condition. Rethinking Marxism, 21, 148.
- Optional: Moreton, B. (2009). To serve God and Wal-Mart : the making of Christian free enterprise. Cambridge Mass.: Harvard University Press. (selections).
- November 13: Stephen Carpenter's piece on family farms and planning meeting for spring readings and possible film symposium
- December 4:
- "'The Bread is Soft': Italian Foodways, American Abundance" from Hasia Diner's Hungering for America
- "'Chili Queens' and Checkered Tablecloths: Public Dining Cultures
of Mexicans and Italians in the United States, 1880-1940 " Draft Manuscript from Jeffrey Pilcher and Donna Gabaccia
Our group annotated bibliography can be found on this page. Please note: Google Docs is a completely separate system
from our Google group--members are subscribed to each independently. If
you feel lost using Google Docs for the annotated bibliography, here's a brief guide.
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