[BCFSN] Fwd: Race and the Science of Starvation; The Myth of a Wilderness Without Humans; The Postwar Kitchen

Fri Nov 1 18:00:08 EDT 2019

Hello all,
I thought that some may enjoy this selection of articles from MIT press.
Please see below.
in good food,
Abra

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From: The MIT Press <thereader at mit.edu>
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 at 10:11
Subject: Race and the Science of Starvation; The Myth of a Wilderness
Without Humans; The Postwar Kitchen
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This month on the MIT Press Reader

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Prior to the identification of the micronutrients we call vitamins in the
1930s, nutrition science was mainly a science of animal energetics, or the
study of how animals metabolize food into energy. Animal energetics, in
turn, was a science of animal starvation. It was also *a science of race
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writes anthropologist Josh Berson. This week on the Reader we're featuring
an excerpt from Berson's provocative new book "*The Meat Question
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that offers a crucial chapter in the history of nutrition science,
illuminating how Western ideals of masculinity and racial superiority fed
the rage for meat-rich diets.

Also this month: Design historian Reggie Blaszczyk's absorbing account of *the
burst of color in the 20th-century American kitchen
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Ed Finn on *how algorithms are changing our brains
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Nobel Laureate Robert Solow's *predictions for the next century
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and an important essay by decorated journalist Mark Dowie on *the tortured
semantics of the words nature and wilderness
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.

Links to these and other new articles can be found below.
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The Dawn of the Colorful Kitchen
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When a major trade association for the paint industry reported the rising
popularity of kitchens in canary yellow and chartreuse, the household
equipment industry took notice.

By: Regina Lee Blaszczyk

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Race and the Science of Starvation
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Among the specious claims about the role of meat in the history of
humanity: A meat-rich diet brings with it a masculine vigor that
distinguishes carnivorous races.

By: Josh Berson

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The Myth of a Wilderness Without Humans
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 For over a century, conflicting views of wild nature created a rift
between indigenous people and misguided conservationists.
By: Mark Dowie

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The Birth of the Pastoral Corporation
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 In contrast to the noisy and diverse city, the suburbs were seen as
spacious, segregated, and quiet — a much more promising state of affairs to
corporations bent on expansion.

By: Louise A. Mozingo

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The Stigma of Poverty: In Conversation With Rebecca de Souza
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The author of “*Feeding the Other
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demonstrates how stigmatization is a process that is as much about power
and privilege as it is about marginalization and disenfranchisement.

By: The Editors

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Algorithms Are Redrawing the Space for Cultural Imagination
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 The age of the algorithm marks the moment when technical memory has
evolved to store not just our data but far more sophisticated patterns of
practice, from musical taste to our social graphs.

By: Ed Finn

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Stray Thoughts: Nobel Laureate Robert Solow’s Predictions for the Next
Century
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A leading economist considers such topics as the effects of climate change
on economic growth, the rise of income inequality, and the shifting work
year.

By: Robert M. Solow

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The Patterning Table That Changed My Life
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When my sister suffered from Rett Syndrome, an old patterning table — and a
dubious therapy — brought my community together and offered hope.

(An essay culled from "*The Inner History of Devices
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lovingly edited and introduced by Sherry Turkle.)

By: Adriana Knouf

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Eight Habits of Expert Software Designers: An Illustrated Guide
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The best designers employ specific habits, learned practices, and observed
principles when they work. Here are a few of them.

By: Marian Petre & André van der Hoek

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