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Anthropology

The study of cultures, art, and people in modern and ancient times as well as the evolutionary aspects of these topics.

What is Food Studies?

Food Studies at IU Anthropology considers the roles of food in prehistoric, historic, and modern societies, human evolution and adaptation, human health, political economic relationships, human-environment interactions, including sustainability, and the representation, construction and maintenance of ethnicity, social class, and cultural identity. 

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