ANT204H5 Lecture Notes - Anthropocene, Biculturalism
Document Summary
Anthropological concept from this weeks readings and lecture: A period of time in which humans have made a significant impact on the earth. The term used since the 1980s to refer to the impact of human activities on the planet earth. The term is used to represent not only the enormity of human impact on the earth, but the enormity of our responsibility to care for the earth of which we are only very slowly becoming aware. Biculturalism multiple cultural fluency; knows how to behave. Capacity to fluently act in multiple culture. Agency ability to distance yourself from your surroundings that construct one"s life in order to reflect on and transform. Agency is the ability to distance oneself from the structures. That compose one"s life in order to reflect on and transform. Agency is animated by the work of imagination. Power the many constraints in which many people live that shape their lives.
