Anthropology of Meat: Why Humans Consume Other Animals Why are some animals taboo to eat? Can it be ethical to eat meat (and how is “ethical” defined)? In this course, we will explore meat eating practices around the world, focusing on issues like sustainability, race, and gender. Key texts include Nadasdy's 2007 article "The Gift in the Animal," Boisseron's Afro-Dog (2018), Adams' The Sexual Politics of Meat (1990), and Ko's Racism as Zoological Witchcraft (2019). Through a variety of texts, films, and guest speakers--including food discrimination lawyer Thulasi Raj and Vermont slaughterer Mary Lake--we will explore our own relationships to meat eating, while questioning what it means to be human. This course does not seek to persuade you towards or away from vegetarianism; all experiences are welcome.  Amanda Kaminsky is a PhD Candidate in Sociocultural Anthropology at the University of Michigan and an alumna of Middlebury College (Class of 2013, B.A. Chinese)./

Amanda Kaminsky

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Took this class for J-Term, and safe to say I barely learned anything. I can barely tell you a couple months later what's one thing I learned. The prof didn't know what she was talking about sometimes, and offered no opinions during group discussion which made it seem pointless. We visited a deer farm though which was cool, and the homework is pretty chill/graded easily.