Environmental Conflict and Social Change, Fall 2005

Abstract:

This graduate-level class explores the complex interrelationships among humans and natural environments, focusing on non-western parts of the world in addition to Europe and the United States. It uses environmental conflict to draw attention to competing understandings and uses of "nature" as well as the local, national and transnational power relationships in which environmental interactions are embedded. In addition to utilizing a range of theoretical perspectives, this subject draws upon a series of ethnographic case studies of environmental conflicts in various parts of the world.

Subject:

Science and Technology, Social Sciences

Grade Level:

Post-secondary

SubTopics:

Plants and Forests , Eco Art and Culture , Industrial and Agricultural Impacts

Collection:

MIT OpenCourseWare