To Nurture the Mind: Food as the Fabric of Identity (eBook)

Essay from the year 2024 in the subject Philosophy - Miscellaneous, grade: 1.0, University of Potsdam (Anglophone Modernities in Literature and Culture), course: Food, Identity & Politics, language: English, abstract: A brief outlook on a module paper or master thesis about food culture and similarities between humans, human animals and animals, non-human animals on the basis of food culture studies.

It would be an understatement to frame food as mere accumulations of calories. As food for thought, food enables all organisms on Earth to bloom and flourish. It is the essence of life itself. Flora and fauna, human and non-human animals; all species are dependent on the soil that food provides for their survival. Human animals have found multiple ways to imbue food with meaning beyond its organic structures. To name a few: dietary preference, culture, and social hierarchies. Among many, these aspects converge to concoct the fabric of identity in our delicate ecosystem. However, this assumption does not only apply to human but to non-human animals alike, creating interspecies knots of comprehension towards communal appreciations of food.