| Course Title: The Once and Future Family Farm? A Social History of Small-Scale Agriculture |
| Start Date: 09/04/2019 End Date: 12/17/2019 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2019 |
| Description: Small-scale agriculture fed the world until the middle of the 20th century, and the majority of the world's population farmed small plots in rural areas until the last decade. What role will family farms play in the world we are creating? We examine how small scale agriculture has changed over the past 200 years in East and West Africa, the Andes, China, India, and in the United States, and consider its future. Using recent and classic scholarship, autobiographies, memoirs, archives, and oral histories, we will develop skills in analysis, critical reading, and academic writing. We will visit local farms and interact with farmers on other continents using social media. |
| Distribution(s): NO - Meets No Distrib. Rqmt , FY - First-Year Seminar , SI - Speaking-Intensive , WI - Writing-Intensive |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Holly Hanson | 413-538-2094 | hhanson@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 09/04/2019 - 12/17/2019 | Seminar | Tuesday and Thursday | 10:00AM - 11:15AM | SKNR - Skinner Hall | 212 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| None |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| FYSEM0001 | First-Year Seminar | This is a First-Year Seminar. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Closed | Capacity: 16 | Enrollment: 16 | Available: 0 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Campesino A Campesino: Voices from Latin America's Farmer to Farmer Movemen Author: Holt-Gimenez, Eric Copyright: 2006 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780935028270 Publisher: Food First Books |
Required | 19.95 |
| Title: Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge,... Author: Kimmerer, Robin Wall Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 1571313567 Publisher: Milkweed |
Required | 18.00 |
| Title: Pig Earth Author: Berger, John Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 0679737154 Publisher: Vintage International |
Required | 15.95 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class. |
| Copies are on order at Odyssey Bookshop |
| Instructor's comments about the book list: I strongly urge class participants to purchase these books at the Odyssey. They are skilled at finding high quality used books. All the required texts will be on reserve, also note that Kimmerer is available as an ebook at Mount Holyoke. |