tati final

 choose a  topic that we are exploring in class or an area of personal or academic  interest. A sample list of the types of topics is provided below. These  topics are merely meant to give you an idea of the vast possibilities.  Whatever topic you select, it must be original. By this, I mean that you  may not select a topic that you are using, or have previously used for  another class. , and contact me  with me your ideas.  Create a clearly stated thesis,  and focus the entire summary around it. Provide specific examples to  support this thesis. Select other studies, or scholarly articles (peer  reviewed) to use as models. For example, if you are doing a study on  female roles in Ethiopian festival cooking, look for studies that also  focus on gender roles or festival food preparations. It  is important that you incorporate other academic studies into your summary. You must not just cite these sources, but frame them, or compare  them to your study in some way. Provide a critical analysis of your selected topic, involving information from the course materials. 

Sample topics:

. Exploring a particular ethnic group's foodways

. Specific religious practices and food 

. An in-depth study of a food event or festival 

. An ethnographic study of a soup kitchen 

. A literary analysis of food related novels or films 

. A cultural analysis of veganism 

. Cultural identity through street food