ENV 759a/ANTH 581a () / 2021-2022
Power, Knowledge, and the Environment: Social Science
Credits: 3
Fall 2021: M, 1:00-3:50, Kroon 321
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Course on the social scientific contributions to environmental and natural resource issues, emphasizing equity, politics, and knowledge. Section I, introduction to the course. Section II, disaster and environmental perturbation: the social science of emerging diseases; and the social origins of disaster. Section III, boundaries: cost and benefit in the Green Revolution; riverine restoration; and aspirational infrastructure. Section IV, methods: working within development projects, and rapid appraisal and consultancies. Section V, local communities, resources, and (under)development: representing the poor, development discourse, and indigenous peoples and knowledge. This is a core M.E.M. specialization course in YSE, and a core course in the combined YSE/Anthropology doctoral degree program. Enrollment capped.
The course is a “foundations” course for the M.E.M. curriculum, a required course in the curriculum for the joint YSE;/Anthropology doctoral program, and a prerequisite for some advanced YSE courses.
ENV 759 is a prerequisite for:
ENV 869: Disaster, Degradation, Dystopia: Social Science Approaches to Environmental Perturbation and Change