Annie Brockett, Sarah Mellin and Rosalia Polocano Waste is all around us: whether we can see it or not, wasting (of resources, materials, energy, etc.) is embedded into many cultural practices. To a large extent, this is because the act of wasting a particular product or item becomes institutionalized in its production or distribution, and is eventually normalized to the … [Read more...]
Case study: US military intervention in Colombia and the Philippines
US interventionism was one of the most impactful foreign policies in the 20th century in which the United States government, in an effort to contain communism, interfered with the internal politics of various nations around the world. Certain social movements or groups such as the Taliban or the Hmong were sponsored and funded by the United States since they helped advance the … [Read more...]
US military intervention in Colombia and the Philippines
US interventionism was one of the most impactful foreign policies in the 20th century in which the United States government, in an effort to contain communism, interfered with the internal politics of various nations around the world. Certain social movements or groups such as the Taliban or the Hmong were sponsored and funded by the United States since they helped advance the … [Read more...]
Food and Stuff
The slow food movement is an interesting one, for a lack of better words. I understand the movement as a resistance to the neo-liberal, consumerist McDonalds [plural] of the world, but, in the US, it definitely had a suburban/quinoa-and-avocados feel to it - “convivia and heritage pork!” Especially the Leitch article, the movement reminded me of a previous discussion on how the … [Read more...]
What Would Petrini Say to “Farm to Robot to Table?”
Farm to Robot to Table Carlo Petrini, founder of the Slow Food Movement, first opposed McDonald’s opening in Italy by handing out plates of penne pasta to protesters. According to Alison Leitch, the Slow Food Movement is “an international consumer movement dedicated to the protection of ‘endangered foods'” (437). Not only does the Slow Food Movement seek … [Read more...]
