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DAILY SCHEDULE AND READINGS
Introduction
Intensification
Science
American Injustice
Global Injustice
The Future
EXAMS
1st Exam, Due Jan 23
2nd Exam, Due Feb 13
3rd Exam, Due Mar 15
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ANTHROPOLOGY 210
INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL ANTHROPOLOGY
WINTER QUARTER 2017
CLASS SCHEDULE
| UNIT | DAILY TOPICS |
| I. INTRODUCTION ACTIVITIES |
T Jan 3: Organization of the class What is Environmental Anthropology? W Jan 4: Section: You and Your Environment |
| II. INTENSIFICATION READINGS AND ACTIVITIES |
Th Jan 5: Foraging: The Original Affluent Society? T Jan 10: From Foraging to Agriculture W Jan 11: Section: Local Foraging Th Jan 12: Agricultural Intensification T Jan 17: Modern Industrial Agriculture W Jan 18: Section: What We Eat Now First exam posted Th Jan 19: Sustainability |
| III. SCIENCE READINGS AND ACTIVITIES |
M Jan 23 First exam due 5 p.m. T Jan 24 The Assumptions of Science W Jan 25: Section: Zapotec Science I Th Jan 26: Classifying Living Things T Jan 31: The Practice of Science W Feb 1: Section: Zapotec Science II Th Feb 2: The Overlap of Sciences T Feb 7: Ignoring and Denying Science W Feb 8: Section: Who is a Conservationist? Second Exam posted |
| IV. POLITICS READINGS AND ACTIVITIES |
Th Feb 9: The Ecology and Politics of Salmon M Feb 13: Second Exam due 5:00 p.m. T Feb 14: The Ecology and Politics of Petroleum W Feb 15: Section: Strangers in Their Own Land Th Feb 16: The Ecology of Energy and the Denial of Science T Feb 21: Class and Environment in the US W Feb 22: Section: Environment and Social Class Th Feb 23: They'll be Coming for You, Too |
| V. GLOBAL INJUSTICE READINGS AND ACTIVITIES |
T Feb 28: Uranium: The Element and the Process W Mar 1: Section: Radioactivity Th Mar 2: Uranium: Marshall Islands T Mar 7 Health, Suffering, and Science asDenial |
| VI. THE FUTURE READINGS AND ACTIVITIES |
W Mar 8: Section: Call to Action Th Mar 9: Original Sin, Hope, and Your Part in Redemption Third exam posted W March 15: Third exam due 5 p.m. |