Human Ecology (Zoom lectures and field trips)
Jan 23 - Apr 02 (Tuesday)
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
$360.00
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NATH8280, 3 CEUs Human Ecology is primarily concerned with how ecosystems and social systems inform and influence each other. That is, how human experiences are shaped by ecology and how humans shape the ecosystems where they live. This course provides an anthropological perspective on the relationship between culture and the environment. We will explore human adaptations to various environmental conditions, as well as the cultural, economic and political factors that influence natural resource management. Lessons for the Mid-Atlantic region will be extracted from ethnographic case studies from around the world from “forest farmers” in tropical rainforests to African pastoralists and Balinese rice farmers. Instructor: Alison Pearce, Nature Forward Deputy Director for Programs Field Trips: Soldier’s Delight Serpentine Wildlands, Feb 24th, 10am – 1 pm Sugarloaf Citizens Association Barn, March 16th 10am – 1 pm Required Textbook: Conservation: Linking Ecology, Economics, and Culture, by Monique Borgerhoff Mulder and Peter Coppolillo
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