NATR 2050: Exam 1 study guide for environmental anthropology

Environmental anthropology

study of relationships btwn human societies & the physical, biotic, & cognitive built environment over space & time

how does sustainability fit into environmental anthroplogy?

broad topics of anthropology

physical/biologiccal

archaeology

linguistic

social/cultural

cognitive

physical/biological anthropology

evolution of human species in relation to environmental changes

archaeology

historical evidence of human impacts on environment to put current practices in contxt

linguistic anth

how language reflects speaker’s biotic environment

social/cultural anth

human adaptations to evironment; explores complex social dynamics of conservation initiatives & environmental justice

cognitive anth

cultural models like the western culture-natuee dichotomy

Traditional Ecological Knowledge TEK

indigenous traditional knowledge of the sustainability of local resources. like animals & plants

EX: LONG LEAF PINE ecosystems & foire ecology- showed correlation btwn place attachment, and the location of where ppl lived & their existigng ecological knowledge

environmental anthropologists

JAred DIAMOND

Wade Davis

Chris Fisher

Jared Diamond- environmental anthropologist

Guns germs & Steel, causing the COLLAPSE of cultures

Wade Davis- environmental anthropologist

Dreams of Endangered culture

endangered people teach us different ways of thinking about the world

Chris Fisher

scanning th whole planet using LiDAR fishy fishy

environmental determinism

the environment directs culture

environmental possibilism

culture adapting to demands of environment

Ex: hunting gathering