The culminating project for Food and Culture is a 7-page research paper of your choice. You may choose a topic that we are exploring in class or an area of personal or academic interest. A sample list of the types of topics is provided below.
THE PAPER
Follow APA-formatting guidelines
Double spaced
7 pages
12pt Times New Roman font
Provide a title that accurately defines your paper.
Provide a cover page (not part of the page count)
Provide a reference page (not part of the page count)
Abstract page (not part of the page count)
Written in third person
Create a clearly stated thesis, and focus the entire paper around it. Provide specific examples to support this thesis. Select other studies, or scholarly articles (peer reviewed) to use as models.
You must not just cite these sources, but frame them, or compare them to your study in some way. Provide a critical analysis of your selected topic, involving information from the course materials.
Explore the Internet, newspaper articles, journals, live interviews, participate in an actual event or situation, or consult archives. Please include at least FIVE scholarly references (journals or books).
Sample topics:
. Exploring a particular ethnic group's foodways
. Specific religious practices and food
. An in-depth study of a food event or festival
. An ethnographic study of a soup kitchen
. A literary analysis of food related novels or films
. A cultural analysis of veganism
. Cultural identity through street food