Examines the variety of cultural adaptations that both large-scale and small-scale societies make to local and, increasingly, global environments. Illustrates how the principles of general ecology apply to humans in their environmental relations, while also applying ethnographic perspectives to new political manifestations of environmentalism. Weekly hours: 3 Lecture hoursPrerequisite(s): 3 credit
Examines the variety of cultural adaptations that both large-scale and small-scale societies make to local and, increasingly, global environments. Illustrates how the principles of general ecology apply to humans in their environmental relations, while also applying ethnographic perspectives to new political manifestations of environmentalism. Weekly hours: 3 Lecture hoursPrerequisite(s): 3 credit