ANTH 370: Environment and Culture

ANTH 370-001: Environment and Culture
(Fall 2016)

12:00 PM to 01:15 PM TR

Krug Hall 19

Section Information for Fall 2016

The environment is a key theme throughout the contemporary world, with newspapers reporting on a daily basis about environmental issues from endangered species to climate change. But what do people mean by “environment”? The concept in fact looks different across cultures, involving varying ways in which people think and act toward the environment. That is because culture shapes the environment, and the environment shapes culture. Through using theoretical works and ethnographic literature and films, this course aims to explore the ways in which people’s lives are shaped by different cultural, political, and ecological contexts and how anthropological theories provide tools for understanding complex human-environment relations.

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Examines relationships among environment, culture, and human behavior with an emphasis on cultural ecological explanations in mainly non-Western contexts. Limited to three attempts.
Specialized Designation: Green Leaf Focused Course
Recommended Prerequisite: ANTH 114, or 60 hours, or permission of instructor.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

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