Which Meat is Meat? Combatting Racist Depictions of Non-Western Consumption Habits During Zoonotic Disease Outbreaks with Marek Muller, PhD

  • Friday, November 3, 2023

  • 5:00 PM 6:00 PM

  • On Zoom (Pacific Time Zone) (map)

Description:

RACE-Approved for 0.5 CE Credits, Course # 20-1108370

Conversations about "wet markets" in Asia dominated headlines during the early states of the COVID-19 pandemic, which quickly molded into broader anti-Asian sentiment in news media coverage. This was not a one-off incident. In fact, zoonotic disease coverage often centers "foreign" consumption habits as main vectors for potential pandemic.

Learning Objectives:

Attendees will learn: - how language is used to frame certain meats as "good" and others as "bad" - how this language manifests during times of global pandemic risks through zoonotic disease - how depictions of meats like bushmeat draw upon racist histories and ethnocentric perceptions of hygiene, cleanliness, and civilized meat production & consumption - how these depictions often mask unhygienic, unclean, and violent meat production & consumption habits in one's own cultural context - more responsible communication practices that could be used to discuss food-borne risks during times of zoonotic disease.

30 minutes lecture time.