Final Blog Post

Final Blog Post

I’ve learned more about food than I thought I would through the course of this class. I’ve learned a lot about culture and values concerning food and where these ideals are derived from. More importantly, I learned about myself and how I eat and why I eat the way I do. I never really thought about food much beyond nutrition and taste- it was always a second nature sort of action. Through my various research and data collection I have learned shocking, disturbing, and hopeful things about the progression of societies in terms of food consumption. Activities of cultures and individuals through time have always been intriguing to me as I have always had an intellectual attraction towards shallow and deep history.

Now that I am armed with more knowledge concerning food and culture I can now make better choices in terms of what to eat and when as well as deepening my understanding of myself. Additionally, I have enjoyed getting into the marketing side of food when we studied how companies market their consumable products to various groups. This class has been both entertaining and informative and I have truly learned more than I thought I would in this writing class.

WRIT 1133 Course Writing

SE1: Personal essay about significance of food in your life. Details. Memoir as inquiry. Using personal experiences to explore an issue

SE2: advertisement analysis to make an observation about food values and cultures. Rhetorical/textual/visual analysis of advertisement appeals.

SE3: Observation, field notes, ethnographic research. Used detailed field notes plus outside source to make an argument about food values and culture.

EE1: incorporate different types of writing and research to make a larger researched argument about food values and culture

SE4: Research the history and or production of a food library and academic research

SE5: rewrite a scientific study on health/ nutrition for a general audience. Needed to include recommendations

EE2: Eaters Manifesto. Use research to state food values and connect those to food practices.