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IAP 2009 Activities by Sponsor

Center for Materials Research in Archeology & Ethn

Grasshoppers for Lunch, Nettles for Dinner: Food and Culture
Virginia Popper
Thu Jan 15, 03-04:30pm, 4-253

Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 09-Jan-2009
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event

Take an anthropological look at the role food plays in traditional and contemporary cultures. Discover why people eat what they do. Topics include food in ritual, food taboos, and the social organization of eating. Snack provided.
Contact: Virginia Popper, 26-163, vpopper@mit.edu


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