INTRODUCTION
September 1
September 3
Classroom visit by Susan Grove, executive director of Poughkeepsie Farm Project.
Readings:
Building Bridges Overview (prepared by Susan Grove, 8/5/10). [Moodle]
Entities involved in the Building Bridges Coalition. [Moodle]
Kami Pathukuchi et al., chaps. 1-2 in What's Cooking in Your Food System? A Guide to Community Food Assessment (Venice, CA: Community Food Security Coalition). [Moodle]
COMMUNITY IN POUGHKEEPSIE
September 8
No class meeting.
Readings:
View "A Digital Tour of Poughkeepsie." [Moodle or DVD]
Mary Hyde and David Chavis, "Sense of Community and Community Building." Pp. 179-92 in Handbook of Community Movements and Local Organizations, edited by R.A. Cnaan and C. Milofsky (Springer, 2007). [Moodle]
Dyson Foundation, "Many Voices, One Valley: Dutchess County Report" (2007). [PDF download]
CGR, "Dutchess County ICA Community Health Survey: Final Report" (March 2009). [PDF download]
CGR, "Dutchess County ICA Community Health Survey: Age Group Analysis" (September 2009). [PDF download]
September 10
Due: team fieldnotes #1. Post essays by 5:00 pm the night before. In-class presentations today.
Readings:
Other teams' fieldnotes essays. [Moodle]
Albert Hunter, "Contemporary Conceptions of Community." Pp. 20-33 in Handbook of Community Movements and Local Organizations, edited by R.A. Cnaan and C. Milofsky (Springer, 2007). [Moodle]
LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS FOR COMMUNITY FOOD ASSESSMENTS September 15
In-class event: Building Bridges CFA advisory group meeting. Location: Faculty Parlor, 2nd floor of Main Building.
Readings:
Other teams' fieldnotes essays. [Moodle]
Review Leonard's notes from prior CFA advisory group meetings. [Moodle]
Kami Pathukuchi et al., chaps 3-4. in What's Cooking in Your Food System? A Guide to Community Food Assessment (Venice, CA: Community Food Security Coalition). [Moodle]
September 17
Readings:
Kami Pathukuchi et al., chaps 5-6. in What's Cooking in Your Food System? A Guide to Community Food Assessment (Venice, CA: Community Food Security Coalition). [Moodle]
FOOD SYSTEMS: DISTRIBUTION September 22
Readings:
USDA Economic Research Service, "Access to Affordable and Nutritious Food: Measuring and Understanding Food Deserts and Their Consequences" (June 2009). [PDF download]
Dutchess County Department of Health, "Health and Well-Being of Children, Families, and Adults in Dutchess County: Select Data Indicators" (May 2010). [PDF download]
Dutchess County Department of Health & Dutchess County Children's Services Council, "Childhood Obesity in Dutchess County" (2004). [PDF download]
Dutchess County Department of Health, "Dutchess County Trans Fat Survey Report" (August 2007). [PDF download]
September 24
No class meeting. Fieldwork assignment: grocery stores in the City of Poughkeepsie.
FOOD SYSTEMS: PRODUCTION
September 29
Due: team fieldnotes #2. Post essays by 5:00 pm the night before. In-class presentations today.
Readings:
Other teams' fieldnotes essays. [Moodle]
Joanna Green and Duncan Hilchey, chaps. 1 and 3 in Growing Home: A Guide to Reconnecting Agriculture, Food and Communities (Cornell University, 2002). [Moodle]
October 1
Class field-trip to City of Poughkeepsie Farmers Market, followed by team fieldwork.
Readings:
Gilbert Gillespie et al., "Farmers' Markets as Keystones in Rebuilding Local and Regional Food Systems, pp. 65-83 in Remaking the North American Food System: Strategies for Sustainability, edited by C.C. Hinrichs and T.A. Lyson (University of Nebraska Press, 2007).
Alison Hope Alkon and Christie Grace McCullen, "Whiteness and Farmers Markets: Performances, Perpetuations... Contestations?" 2010 unpublished manuscript. [Moodle]
FOOD SYSTEMS: CONSUMPTION
October 6
Due: team fieldnotes #3. Post essays by 5:00 pm the night before. In-class presentations today.
Readings:
Other teams' fieldnotes essays. [Moodle]
TBA.
October 8
No class meeting.
SURVEY DESIGN
October 13
Deadline: bring survey questions to class.
Due: team fieldnotes #4. Post essays by 5:00 pm the night before. In-class presentations today.
Readings:
Other teams' fieldnotes essays. [Moodle]
October 15
Class field-trip: Dutchess County Department of Health for survey workshop, followed by administering pilot surveys at City of Poughkeepsie Farmers Market.
SURVEY ADMINISTRATION
Fall break: October 18-22
Administer residential surveys.
October 27
Due: team fieldnotes #5. Topic: your experience conducting surveys. Post essays by 5:00 pm the night before. In-class presentations today.
Readings:
Other teams' fieldnotes essays. [Moodle]
October 29
No class meeting; continue administering surveys.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT
November 3
Deadline: Finish administering surveys and enter survey data.
In-class film: "America's War on Poverty, part 3: City of Promise."
Readings:
Halpern, Rebuilding the Inner City: Introduction and chaps. 2-5. [textbook]
November 5
Readings:
Halpern, Rebuilding the Inner City: chaps. 6-7 and Conclusion. [textbook]
LOCAL FOOD SYSTEMS RECONSIDERED November 10
Class fieldtrip to local farms?
Readings:
Patricia Allen, chaps.2 and 7 in Together at the Table: Sustainability and Sustenance in the American Agrifood System (Penn State Press, 2004). [Moodle]
November 12
Due: team fieldnotes #6. Post essays by 5:00 pm the night before. In-class presentations today.
Readings:
Other teams' fieldnotes essays. [Moodle]
Branden Born and Mark Purcell, "Avoiding the Local Trap: Scale and Food Systems in Planning Research," Journal of Planning Education 26 (2006): 195-207. [Moodle]
FOLLOW UP RESEARCH TBA
November 17
Readings:
TBA
November 19
No class meeting.
November 24
Due: team fieldnotes #7. Post essays by 5:00 pm the night before. In-class presentations today.
Readings:
Other teams' fieldnotes essays. [Moodle]
November 27
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY.
REPORT PREPARATION
December 1 No class meeting.
December 3
Readings:
TBA.
December 8
Deadline: all student writing for Building Bridges report due.
December 9-12: study period
Read and comment on first draft of Building Bridges report.
Monday, December 13
Optional field-trip: we deliver the survey report to the Building Bridges coalition.
December 15
Deadline: final essays due at noon. |
