ANT 227 - Enivronment and Culture in Latin America

This course addresses human-environment relations in Latin America from the standpoint of environmental history and ethnographic case studies in the region. Issues such as biodiversity, land use and agriculture, transnational flows of natural and food resources, ethnoecology, and social mobilization around environmental issues are grounded in theoretical perspectives from cultural and political ecology.  Particular attention is given to the relationship between indigenous peoples and the environment and to alternative models of “development” in Mesoamerica, the Andes, and Brazil.

Satisfies a major requirement in Anthropology, Latin American Studies and Environmental Studies

Satisfies a minor requirement in Anthropology

Satisfies a concentration requirement in Environmental Studies

Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies Liberal Studies distribution requirement

Students entering before 2012: satisfies Social Science distribution requirement