Topics in History – HIST AGRICULTURE- HIST 390B 201
Interested in food production and its social and political implications? HIST 390B, The Roots of Power, is a student directed seminar about the history of modern agriculture. It examines the intersection between history, geography, agricultural biopower, and colonialism.
The student coordinators Zach Crouch and Geneviève Dubuc chose bananas to represent the course because “bananas are a signature imperial commodity that everyone eats…[and have] deeper roots in historical narratives of power.” More generally, the course ranges beyond bananas to explore multiple commodities, as well as the landscapes, political and economic systems, power relations, and historical legacies that have shaped what we eat and how we acquire those products.
Register for the course today to dig deeply into race and agriculture, imperial commodities, and the modern agricultural apparatus: https://courses.students.ubc.ca/cs/courseschedule?pname=subjarea&tname=subj-section&dept=HIST&course=390B§ion=201