Subject Social and Cultural Ekology is about the interaction between living things and their environment, cultural ecology involves human perceptions of the environment as well as the sometimes unperceived impacts of us on the environment and the environment on us. Cultural ecology is all about humans—what we are and what we do, in the context of being another animal on the planet.
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Aim of the course
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the problems of adaptation, how people act, influence and are influenced by their changing environment.
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Literature
Harris, Marvin and Orna Johnson. 2007. Cultural Anthropology, 7th edition. Boston: Pearson.
Harrison, Anthony Kwame. “Thick Description.” In Theory in Social and Cultural Anthropology: An Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, edited by R. Jon McGee and Richard L. Warms, 860-861. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Reference, 2013.
Buzney, Catherine and Jon Marcoux. Cultural Materialism. University of Alabama Department of Anthropology Anthropological Theories: A Guide Prepared by Students for Students. Accessed March 5, 2015. http://anthropology.ua.edu/cultures/cultures.php?culture=Cultural%20Materialism.
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Requirements to the exam
Discussion about given topics.
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Syllabus
1. Origin and development of social and cultural ecology. 2. Globalization, its state and perspectives. 3. Current global problems. 4. Principles of sustainable development.
