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ENVS 397I: Geographies of hope: Mexico's food cultures, histories, activism - Practical Application
This two-credit, eight-day intensive course is the Study Travel companion to the winter session ENVS 397H course. Mexico has one of the world’s most accomplished food heritages. Many Americans are unaware that in ancient times the country’s native peoples domesticated many important food crops such as corn, the tomato, avocado, squash, pinto beans, and cacao (chocolate). In this course we examine these food traditions in an area of Mexico with an important indigenous and colonial culinary history. In San Miguel de Allende, we will pay attention to how the state’s rapidly growing economy and affluent expatriate community are shaping a food revolution that rivals that of the Pacific Coast. We'll experience firsthand how consumer demand is shaping the transformation of one of Mexico’s important breadbaskets into a supplier of locally-sourced food based on Mexico’s diverse food heritages and culinary histories. Through readings, lectures, documentaries, field trips, presentations, and papers, the course aims to give students an opportunity to interpret, compare, and celebrate the country’s food history and culinary achievements. Must be taken as a companion course to ENVS 397H.
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(ENVS 110 and ENVS 410) or ENVS 397H
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