Cultures and Economics of Addiction

Relevance:

Relevance:

- Explore the history and economics of addictive substances, as well as the sociocultural rituals tied to their use across cultures, promoting cultural awareness/intelligence

- Support critical thinking and analysis through combining visual evidence with contextual information, encouraging students to investigate the economic systems and oppressive forces at play in the production and distribution of various addictive substances

- Consider what visual representations of the use of addictive substances can tell us about the gendered, racialized, and class distinctions that are/have been ascribed to them throughout history and across cultures

Subthemes:

- Economics, Production, & Labor

- Representations & Rituals of Consumption

- Objects for Consumption