ANTH 313 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Multilinear Map, Homeostasis, Rationality
18 Oct 2016
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Lecture 2: nature & culture western trajectories of thought. Each annotation worth 2 marks, for a total of 20 marks. Annotations will receive full 2 marks if: uploaded before lecture, have proper bibliographic citations, follow the guidelines below. Annotations that are late, or incomplete will receive 1 mark. Theory of culture change: the methodology of multilinear evolution. A su(cid:373)(cid:373)ary (cid:894)(cid:374)o (cid:373)ore tha(cid:374) a half page(cid:895), (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h des(cid:272)ri(cid:271)es the author"s (cid:373)ai(cid:374) poi(cid:374)t, ho(cid:449) they (cid:271)uild an argument, and what the wider significance of the article is. Setting the stage for cultural ecology: trajectories in environmental science leading up to the mid-20th century, deep cultural assumptions about fabric of nature and culture. Naturalism western/modern cultural dispositions: a fundamental dichotomy between nature and culture, reductionist tendency to assume laws/ predictability behind phenomena, disposed to see stability, permanence, and continuity in the environment. Lo(cid:374)g ter(cid:373) perspe(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e o(cid:374) (cid:862)wester(cid:374)(cid:863) hu(cid:373)a(cid:374)-environment relationships sees increasing complexity and distance between people and their livelihoods through time.
