STS 286 - Environmental Anthropology

Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)

(Same as ANTH 286 and ENST 286) Environmental anthropology examines the relationship between humans and their environments. This interdisciplinary field encompasses a diverse range of interests, from local to global connections. It addresses critical issues such as perceptions of global climate change, environmental cognition, religion, resource management, and environmental values. This course explores the development of environmental anthropology and its connections to broader research on human-environment interactions. We examine several case studies within the Hudson Valley while discussing the rise of Cultural Ecology and other key trends, such as the political economy-oriented approach, and symbolic approach. The course also reviews contemporary fields like Ecological Anthropology, Political Ecology, Historical Ecology, and Symbolic Ecology, and focuses on current themes in Social-Ecological Systems (SES) research. Students also have a chance to visit agrarian spaces that utilize an SES framework. Mark Chatarpal.

Two 75-minute periods.

Course Format: CLS