Ways of Knowing: Food Stories

Introductions - Please Share

• Your name
• Two foods you LOVE
• Two foods you HATE

Syllabus + ePortfolio + textbooks

Small Group Discussion

• What is your definition of "knowledge"?                                    
• What does it mean to "know" something?
• Name some people you consider knowledgable
• Select topic > explain how people from 2 diff fields would describe it
• Be prepared to share your answers!

What is epistemology?

Epistemology Discussion

• What are the 2 ways knowledge is obtained?
• What are the 2 types of knowledge?
• Do you consider guesses, conjectures, and opinions knowledge?
• Why call knowledge "a justified true belief"?
• Why do humans need a theory of knowledge?

Preview: Why Ways of Knowing...?

Why "Food Stories"? - My Way of Knowing

• Yams in Yorubaland (grad thesis)
• Part of 2 cultures that view food quite differently
• Storyteller (by career, education, and nature)
• Married into a family with very different food beliefs
• In SUM: when I think of food, I think of stories. 

Jennifer 8 Lee TED Talk

• How/why does she use storytelling in her lecture?
• Which story was most interesting for you? why?
• See transcript of her closing (narratives + food)

Today's Assignments

• Set up ePortfolio pages       
• SUBMIT "First Thoughts"
• Preview homework

Homework

• Purchase textbooks ASAP!!!
• Reading
• Be prepared for Reading Quiz #1