Program of Project Description
Narrative: In this Capstone ILC project titled “Lustful Eating: Food, Consumption, Sex, and Pleasure ” the student will explore intersections of sex, food, eating, consumption, erotica, and pleasure. What is it about a good meal that makes your mouth water and your eyes widen in the same way you may be exited for your lover to come home? What is it about our human desire and attraction to one another that mirrors the passionate desire we feel to consume good food? The student will work with a wide variety of sources from both academic, and non-academic backgrounds to gain a deep and well-rounded understanding of how pleasure informs human consumption. The student will explore the personal and social factors that contribute to our desires, cravings, and attractions and the ways in which hunger for food and hunger for sex overlap and combine. These sources will include poetry by famed author Charles Simic whose works highlight food and human sexuality, photography projects by Sarah Lucas that capture relationships between the self, sexuality, and consumption, and academic papers such as “Food Words: Sex” by Angela Qian and “Aesthetics of Food Porn” by Uka Tooming. The student will also create a portfolio of works demonstrating the progress of their ILC’s across their time as an Evergreen student, utilizing the metaphors and design thinking in Jenea Cohen’s Skim, Dive, Surface the student will collect and reflect upon their best work and the change in their academic questioning over the years. Finally, the student will support students in the Land Based Learning program as needed to further their skills in teaching and communications.
| Learning objective | Activity | Deliverable |
| To explore the intersections that exist between food, eating, consumption, sex, erotica, pleasure, and desire. | I will utilize resources across a wide variety of contexts and mediums, with a scope that will encompass academic research, historical events, works of opinion, and texts based on or sourced from religion, spirituality, and mythos. I will also incorporate art and visual media and its surrounding contexts and world impacts. | Weekly updates will be posted to a WordPress portfolio. |
| To compile my Capstone portfolio. | Inspired by the format of Jenea Cohen’s Skim, Dive, Surface I will be compiling a final portfolio of works from my three years of ILC work and experiences to accompany my final ILC. | Completion of Capstone portfolio. |
| To support students within the Land-Based Learning program | I will attend class sessions of the Land-Based Learning program to support students working on their own ILC projects. | Faculty will witness student support time. |
Evaluation of Work
- WordPress ePortfolio
- Final week ten presentation
- Narrative evaluations from field supervisor and/or subcontractor
- Narrative mid-quarter and final self-evaluations