College of Social Sciences and International Studies
Food and Agriculture in Historical Perspective
Module HISM041 for 2024/5
Module HISM041 for 2024/5
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
HISM041: Food and Agriculture in Historical Perspective
This module descriptor refers to the 2024/5 academic year.
Module Aims
You will read works on food and agriculture produced within a range of disciplines, including archaeology, classics, ancient history, history, and anthropology. Through engagement with the literature, you will gain perspectives on both historical trends in human foodways and the particularities of foodways in specific places and times. The module will prepare you for your own research in the field of study, whether academic or within the context of public institutions, industries, or third sector organisations with an interest in food and foodways, heritage and sustainability.
On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
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Module-Specific Skills | 1. Demonstrate an understanding of how agriculture and foodways have evolved over time 2. Discern and trace historical linkages and transformations in agriculture and foodways |
Discipline-Specific Skills | 3. Identify the factors contributing to specific foodways within their historical contexts as well as complex interactions between these 4. Critically analyse the social and environmental consequences of historically specific foodways |
Personal and Key Skills | 5. Identify and critically analyse sources in various historical contexts 6. Present relevant information in support of coherent and persuasive historical accounts in various specific contexts |