ANTH 206 Study Guide - Final Guide: Climate Change Mitigation, Agricultural Biodiversity, Climate Change Adaptation

• School: McGill University
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 206
• Professor: Pierre- Alexandre Paquet

Document Summary

October 12th/24th traditional/indigenous/local and scientific environmental knowledge, magic and empirical knowledge: Cosmological perspectives, understanding of how humans relate to non-humans, etc. as discussed in first part of class. Depends on how people are positioned in environment (therefore influenced by social identity) E(cid:373)pi(cid:396)i(cid:272)al a(cid:374)d (cid:858)(cid:373)agi(cid:272)al(cid:859) k(cid:374)o(cid:449)ledge, u(cid:374)de(cid:396)sta(cid:374)di(cid:374)gs of (cid:272)ausalit(cid:455) a(cid:374)d i(cid:373)pli(cid:272)atio(cid:374)s fo(cid:396) de(cid:272)isio(cid:374)s a(cid:271)out environmental management, ik includes supernatural. Examples of combining tek and science fo natu al e ou ce management . Key words: in itu con e vation, ex itu con e vation. Political implications these in terms of local rights: vavilov cent e ag obiodive ity wh(cid:455) is ag(cid:396)o(cid:271)iodi(cid:448)e(cid:396)sit(cid:455) i(cid:373)po(cid:396)ta(cid:374)t, widden cultivation/ hifting cultivation, cultu al land cape . October 26th/31st: politics and environmental knowledge: envi onmental na ative . Importance of representations/framing and construction of environment/environmental problems. Postmodernism and construction of knowledge: political ecology meaning, example, counte -narratives/crisis narratives. Case examples: political fo e t, eceived wi dom, legibility and implification.