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Instructor: Stevan Harrell Professor of Anthropology Adjunct Professor of Chinese Faculty Associate, Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Adjunct Curator of Asian Ethnology, Burke Museum Office: 239 Denny (but I'm rarely there) Phone: 543-5240 (Anthropology Department for emergencies only; better to email) email: stevehar@u.washington.edu OverviewThis is a field-, reading-, and writing- intensive course on how humans modify and manipulate ecosystems to produce useful resources. Throughout, we emphasize a systems perspective, closely examining the ecological, economic, and political effects of the elements of each system on one another. We also pay attention to analysis of systems at different scales of space, time, and complexity. Our specific subject matter encompasses ecosystems in Washington State that are modified to produce and extract three kinds of resources: biofuels, shellfish, and milk products. Each three-week unit, including an all-day Saturday field trip, focuses on one of these three resource types. For each unit, students are required to read a series of articles, comment formally in class on some of them, go on the field trip, keep and turn in a field journal, and write a topical essay on an assignment dealing with problems of that type of resource system. Click here for a detailed explanation of requirements and grading policies. |