| Course Title: Special Topics in Anthropology: 'Across Nature and Culture: Anthropology and the Environment' |
| Start Date: 03/18/2021 End Date: 05/11/2021 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2021 |
| Description: This course explores the complex, dynamic relationships between "nature" and "culture" in various systems of human thought and practice, past and present. We explore worldviews predicated on reciprocal exchanges between human and non-human entities, as well as those anchored in hierarchical relations of extraction and exploitation of natural resources. Students draw on anthropological methods to observe and interpret contested local sites of biodiversity and resource management. Special attention is given to struggles over the rights of indigenous peoples to manage local ecosystems and natural resources and to collaborative partnerships nurturing environmental sustainability and restoration. |
| Distribution(s): III - Social Sciences , MP - Multicultural Perspectives , SI - Speaking-Intensive , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate     | Credits:4.00     |
| Faculty         | Phone         | Email address         |
| Mark Auslander   |           | mauslander@mtholyoke.edu   |
| Joshua Roth (email: jroth@mtholyoke.edu, phone: 413-538-2954) may also be contacted for registration permissions and registration questions. |
| Meeting Dates         | Method         | Meeting days         | Meeting times         | Building name         | Room     | Frequency     |
| 03/18/2021 - 05/11/2021   | Flex. Immersive Seminar/Disc.   | Monday   | 09:45AM - 11:00AM   | TBA   | TBA   | Weekly |
| 03/18/2021 - 05/11/2021   | Flex. Immersive Seminar/Disc.   | Tuesday and Thursday   | 09:30AM - 11:15AM   |   |   | Weekly |
| 03/18/2021 - 05/11/2021   | Flex. Immersive Seminar/Disc.   | Wednesday and Friday   | 10:15AM - 11:15AM   |   |   | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses         | ||
| Prereq: 8 credits in Anthropology. | Take previously   | Required   |
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| Course Tags         | ||
| MOD0002   | MOD-2: Courses meeting in Module 2   | This course meets in Module 2.   |
| Cross-listed Sections         |
| None   |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Closed     | Capacity: 18     | Enrollment: 18     | Available: 0     | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List         | Required         | Publisher Full Price         |
| To be determined. |           |           |
| Additional Book Comments         |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class.   |