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65920-01 - Lecture: Basel Sustainability Forum: Transforming Food Production and Consumption (2 CP)
| Semester | fall semester 2022 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers |
Manfred Max Bergman (max.bergman@unibas.ch, Assessor)
Basil Bornemann (basil.bornemann@unibas.ch) Edwin Charles Constable (edwin.constable@unibas.ch) Antonietta Di Giulio (antonietta.digiulio@unibas.ch) Olivier Ejderyan (olivier.ejderyan@unibas.ch) Philippe Forêt (philippe.foret@unibas.ch) |
| Content | Our current food system is unsustainable in many respects. It is harmful to the climate due to industrialized production methods, long transport distances and animal-based food consumption patterns; it contributes to the loss of biodiversity due to the use of pesticides and monocultures; it destroys local value chains due to global policies and economic concentration processes; it impairs social cohesion and inclusion due to the unequal distribution of food-related health problems and opportunities for participation; it damages cultural identities due to globalization and associated standardization processes. Our current food system is shaped by multiple economic, cultural, political, and technological forces. They determine how food is imagined, produced, transported, marketed, consumed, and discarded. While we have entered an era in which dysfunctions in the food system are having an increasing impact on all life-spheres, there are also signs of transformations. New coalitions among government, the private sector, and activist groups engage in rethinking and reshaping food production and consumption. New links are being explored between food and related societal issues, such as health, climate change, regional and social identity, and animal welfare. New technologies and practices are shaping values, meanings, and food cultures. This year, the Basel Sustainability Forum engages in an inter- and transdisciplinary dialogue on past, present, and future transformations in food production and consumption. National and international scholars from different disciplines will present different aspects of transformations of food systems. They will cover politicization of food and the emergence of new forms of governance, the increasing interconnectedness of food with other social spheres and the inherent contradictions in sustainable food systems, the formation and effects of new forms of food production and consumption, as well as food in historical and cultural contexts. |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Course auditors welcome |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| wöchentlich | Thursday | 12.15-14.00 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 102 |
Dates
| Date | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday 29.09.2022 | 12.15-14.00 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 102 |
| Thursday 06.10.2022 | 12.15-14.00 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 102 |
| Thursday 13.10.2022 | 12.15-14.00 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 102 |
| Thursday 20.10.2022 | 12.15-14.00 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 102 |
| Thursday 27.10.2022 | 12.15-14.00 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 102 |
| Thursday 03.11.2022 | 12.15-14.00 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 102 |
| Thursday 10.11.2022 | 12.15-14.00 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 102 |
| Thursday 17.11.2022 | 12.15-14.00 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 102 |
| Thursday 24.11.2022 | 12.15-14.00 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 102 |
| Thursday 01.12.2022 | 12.15-14.00 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 102 |
| Thursday 08.12.2022 | 12.15-14.00 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 102 |
| Thursday 15.12.2022 | 12.15-14.00 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 102 |
| Thursday 22.12.2022 | 12.15-14.00 | Kollegienhaus, Aula 033 |
| Modules |
Modul: Erweiterung Gesellschaftswissenschaften B.A. (Bachelor's degree subject: Political Science) Modul: Erweiterung Gesellschaftswissenschaften M.A. (Master's degree subject: Political Science) Modul: Politik, Entwicklung und soziale Ungleichheit (Bachelor's degree subject: Sociology) Modul: Sachthemen der Ethnologie (Bachelor's degree subject: Anthropology) Modul: Transfer: Europa interdisziplinär (Master's degree program: European History in Global Perspective) Modul: Ungleichheit, Konflikt, Kultur (Master's degree subject: Sociology) Module: Resources and Sustainability (Master's degree program: Changing Societies: Migration – Conflicts – Resources) Vertiefungsmodul Global Europe: Umwelt und Nachhaltigkeit (Master's Studies: European Global Studies) |
| Assessment format | record of achievement |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: not required |
| Repeat examination | one repetition, repetition counts |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | no repetition |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Fachbereich Soziologie |