December 1: A Politics of the Senses

Farquhar asks the question: "When we pick up a fork, to whom are we obligated since we never, in a fundamental sense,  eat entirely alone?"

How should we understand this in the context of China, where memories of hunger and deprivation still haunt the present (as we saw also in Italy).

How might we apply this quote to our own experience in terms of knowing about the labor relations involved in producing our food? 

Don't forget to use a quote from the readings for today.