FAH215H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Fernand Braudel, Carl O. Sauer, Determinism
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History ecology: a research program that looks at the past, present and future relationship b/w humans and the environment. Karl marx and historical materialism: emphasis on people and the material conditions of their daily lives, historical changes a result of social conflict. French annales: fernand braudel, different rhythms of social structures in history, emphasis on geography"s impact on long-term human activity and less on the individual. The individual does not matter were looking how humans in general have affected the environment. Is propose to denote the unit concept of geography to characterize peculiarity geographic association of facts. carl sauer. Emphasis on the physical aspects: evolution is critical, enviro impacts culture. The basis is peoples lack of understanding of the world. When people observe the world with an unbiased view, ed is obsolete. Did not require anything else but the sharing of opinions. Written by phds and given to their peers to criticize. Lecture 2 thursday january 4 drivers of climate.
