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Apr 28, 2024
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CS 41000 - Culture and the Environment
(4) In this course, we will consider the conceptual underpinnings of cross-cultural notions involving ecology, environment, culture, and balance, and also examine several specific historical trajectories of anthropogenic environmental change. We approach these issues from the vantage of ecological anthropology and several Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Knowledge Systems. Importance will be given to exploring the colonial processes, and Western concepts of ecology which led to current environmental health, ownership, and management. Case studies in environmental change, environmental stewardship, as well as cooperative resource management will be examined through a critical lens to assess how cultures interact with environments across time and space. Special attention will be given to current issues of resource extraction and resource management faced by Alaska Native Communities. Offered Spring.
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