FAMINE
- Module code: AN314
- Credits: 5
- Semester: 2
- Quota: 40
- Department: ANTHROPOLOGY
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This course explores famine as a process that has existed throughout human history and as a concept in popular, political and academic discourse. Issues debated will include: theories of famine; famine early warning systems; the politics of food production; cultural and structural impact of famine aid and other methods of intervention; media images of famine. The great Irish famine will be considered alongside contemporary examples from Africa and Asia. |
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