In “Problem of Changing Food Habits”, Margert Mead demonstrates that pure science and applied science are both needed in order to make effective changes to how people in a culture eat. A group, based in anthropology, referred to as the Committee is tasked to understand and speculate what would happen if the relation between eating food and our culture were to change.
The pure science gives information, studies, and research to this. Data is collected from; groups of people in a general culture, such as but state New York, and during the beginning stages of live, how a child’s feeding influences them into the people they become. Research has also been done on how to feed other countries in need so that the stage for a politic conduct with them is set. It has been noted that during different economic time’s meals and the time in which meals are eaten have been modified to fit the current situation. The change brought about a standardize balance meal plan, while is a privilege to higher-classes, would only serve as a model to the lower classes without real education.
Education and finding the right outlet for information to get to the people is where applied science makes it appearance. The key to getting education out into every part of the culture is to enlist home economist, aka home makers, to relay to friends and the community about nutrition and meal habits. Though this education process may not be highly received from friends because it may be construed as a personal attack, if this information comes at a time when there is already a food shift, the message will be received more willingly.
Pure science is tasked with collecting and analyzing data, while applied science has the job of taking pure science and putting it into action so that the desired changes will occur. Mead shows that both are needed in order to make a long-lasting change to the poor eating habits of the generation.
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In “Problem of Changing Food Habits”, Margert Mead argues that pure science and applied science are both needed in order to make effective changes to how people in a culture eat. A group, based in anthropology, referred to as the Committee is tasked to understand and hypothesize what would happen if the relation between eating food and our culture were to change.
ReplyDeleteThe pure science gives information, studies, and research to this relationship. Data has been collected from cultural groups, which live in upstate New York, and child feeding. Research has also been done on how to feed other countries in need, so that a stage for a politic conduct with that country is set in place. It has been noted that during different economic time’s meals and the time in which meals are eaten have been modified to fit the current situation. This modification brought about a standardization of a balance meal plan. While this is a privilege to the higher-classes, it would only serve as a model to the lower classes without real education.
Education and finding the right outlet for information to get to the people is where applied science makes it appearance. The key to getting education out into every part of the culture is to enlist home economist, aka home makers. Home economists can relay to friends and the community about nutrition and meal habits. There is a chance that the education may not be received because friends of the enlisted may construe the education as a personal attack. Though if this information process came out during a time when there is already a food shift, the message will be received more willingly.
Pure science is tasked with collecting and analyzing data, while applied science has the job of taking pure science and putting it into action, so that the desired changes will occur. Mead shows that both are needed in order to make a long-lasting change to the poor eating habits of the generation.