课程概述 / About This Course

This course — Understanding Our World Through Food — will feature two sections and is a comprehensive, engaging, and fun course for anyone who wants to explore how food shapes our identities, cultures, communities, and the world around us. Through a mix of lectures, case studies, activities, and media analysis, participants will think critically about how cultural dynamics, social structures, and economic mechanisms determine where the products we eat come from, how they get to us, and why we have access to those and not others. No specialized background is required. Additional guest faculty will include:

- Deng Jie, Senior Documentary Director and Producer; core creator of the A Bite of China and Once Upon a Bite series.

- Christiaan Stoop, Executive Chef of 3-Star Michelin Restaurant, Taian Table Shanghai; 2025 Best Chef Award recipient.

- Rachel Gouk, Founder of Nomfluence, a Shanghai-based food and drink guide, and Shanghai Burger Month.

- Diao Wei, Founder of OHA Family; Founder and Lead Designer of OHA Design.

- Han Zhuotong, Co-Founder of Common Ground Food Design 共食设计工作室 (Shenzhen).