Environmental Anthropology
Code
722170089
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Antropologia
Credits
10
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
1. Analyze the contribution of anthropology to the study of nature conservation;
2. Understand and discuss the approach of the environment as a social and cultural construction;
3. Promote methodological skills in the field of Environmental Anthropology;
4. Develop the ability to analyze and evaluate the dynamics present in nature conservation projects.
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
1. Anthropology and environment. Basic concepts and precursors.
2. Ecological knowledge, cosmologies and social representations of the environment.
3. Ethnoecology. Economic systems, social differentiation and local management of biological resources.
4. Studies and methodological tools of Etnobiology applied to nature conservation.
5. Knowledge associated with genetic resources. Bioprospecting, biopiracy and intellectual property rights.
6. The analysis of environmental literacy. Environmentalism discourses and practices as an object of Anthropology.
7. Planning, implementation and evaluation of programmes for the preservation and conservation of the environment in an anthropological perspective.
Bibliography
CRUMLEY, Carole L. (ed.), 2001, New Directions in Anthropology and Environment: Intersections, Walnut Creek, Altamira Press.
DESCOLA, Philippe e PÁLSSON, G. (eds.), 1996, Nature and Society. Anthropological Perspectives, Londres, Routledge.
ELLEN, Roy, 2006, Ethnobiology and the Science of Humankind, Malden, Blackwell Publishing.
HAENN, Nora & WILK, Richard (eds.), 2006, The Environment in Anthropology. A Reader in Ecology, Culture, and Sustainable Living, New York: New York University Press.
MILTON, Kay (ed.), 1993, Environmentalism, Londres, ASA Monographs.
ORLOVE, B. e Brush, S., 1996, Anthropology and the Conservation of Biodiversity, Annual Review of Anthropology, 25, 329-352.
Teaching method
Lectures and practical classes: teaching methodology that seek to combine the presentation and discussion of theoretical concepts with practical analytical work based on case studies.
Evaluation method
Evaluation: Participation (10%) Presentation and discussion of a case study (20%); Writing of an individual final paper work (70%).