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	Food controversies
	2023-2024	FrESPOL European School of Political and Social Sciences ( ESPOL )
	Code Cours :	2324-ESPOL-EIS-EN-5005

Niveau	Année de formation	Période	Langue d'enseignement
		S4	FrAnglais

Professeur(s) responsable(s)	SABINE WEILAND
Intervenant(s)	Pas d'autre intervenant

ESPOL - Master 2 Food Politics and Sustainable Development - S4 - 6 ECTS

Pré requis

Advanced knowledge in food, agriculture and sustainability topics

Objectifs du cours

This course draws on the concept of ‘food politics’ – the political, social, cultural and economic conflicts surrounding food – to debate some of the common public controversies surrounding food and agriculture systems. These debates are related to sustainable development which aims at integrating different objectives and ‘pillars’, such as economic, environmental and social ones. The ‘Food controversies’ course thus revolves around the theme of conflict and integration, and we will study how progress can be made towards more sustainable food systems.

Contenu du cours

The course begins with a theoretical part in which we look at conceptual approaches to conflict and integration in a sustainability context. The second part on “Debating food topics” will be organised around class debates. Each debate covers a specific topic or question related to food and agriculture, which one student group will argue for and another will argue against. The debates will be organised as ‘fishbowl’ discussions. In addition, the course will also include a field trip to the Salon International de l’Agriculture in Paris, which serves us as a practical terrain to study food controversies.