NIFK20002U Alternative and Mainstream Food Systems
Msc Programme in Integrated Food Studies
The overall aim of the course is to introduce students to food systems and their actors as a framework for understanding and analyzing the development in the food sector. This will also provide a basis for handling future changes towards food systems that address societal changes.
The course will comprise the following themes
· Food systems and food networks as conceptualizations of the complex system behind food products and as useful tool in analysis of food related developments.
· The historical development and structure of mainstream food systems and the emergence of alternative food systems towards the end of the 20 century. This will include an overview of changing technologies; structure, location, actors as well as salient political issues characterizing food systems in different periods.
· Governance of food systems including an introduction to national and international regulation and dynamics of the policy process. This also includes questions of the power and interests of core actors as well the role of social movements.
· Key concepts and theories useful for understanding an analyzing the development and change of food systems. This includes among other things socio-material approaches to food systems, sustainability and actor understandings.
Knowledge
· Give an account of the development and present structure mainstream and alternative food systems.
· Show overview of concepts important for understanding food systems and their development.
· Have an overview of key actors, institutional environments and structures of importance for food systems and their development.
· Understand how food related policies govern food systems
Skills
· Is able map relevant actors within a given food system
· Is able to analyze societal and institutional issues of relevance for the development of food related policies or strategies.
· Can apply relevant theoretical frameworks and concepts to analyze governance of food systems
Competences
· I able to reflect on the key concepts of the theories presented, and discuss their relevance for new food systems.
· Should, using a food systems approach, able to discuss how complex issues related to the food sector can be handled.
- Category
- Hours
- Lectures
- 20
- Class Instruction
- 4
- Preparation
- 44
- Theory exercises
- 25
- Excursions
- 12
- Project work
- 98
- Guidance
- 2
- Exam
- 1
- Total
- 206
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- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Oral examination, 20 minThe exam includes a discussion of the project report as well as questions in the curriculum.
No time for preparation.
No external censorship
More than one internal examinator.
Reexam: If the student has not handed in the project report, then an individual project report must be handed in two weeks prior to the re-exam. It must be approved before the exam. - Exam registration requirements
To register for the exam, a written report must be submitted. The report is made individually or in groups and submitted at the end of the course, before the exam. The report is not included in the assessment.
- Aid
- All aids allowed
- Marking scale
- 7-point grading scale
- Censorship form
- No external censorship
Two internal examiners
- Re-exam
As the ordinary exam.
If the student has not handed in and gotten the report approved, then a report must be handed in three weeks prior to the re-exam. The report must be approved before the re-exam. If the student has passed the project report prior to the ordinary exam, it can be re-used at the re-exam.
Criteria for exam assesment
The assessment is based on the criteria given by the Learning Outcomes
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- NIFK20002U
- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Level
- Full Degree Master
- Duration
- 1 block
- Placement
- Block 1
- Schedule
- C
- Course capacity
- No limit
- Course is also available as continuing and professional education
- Study board
- Study Board of Food, Human Nutrition and Sports
Contracting department
- Department of Food and Resource Economics
Contracting faculty
- Faculty of Science
Course Coordinators
- Thorkild Nielsen (16-83777e817a787b733d7d78747b82747d4f7875817e3d7a843d737a)
- Mette Weinreich Hansen (15-7b738282733c8573777c80737771764e7774807d3c79833c7279)