ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES 101  -  SPRING 2002
Part III.  Social, Political, and Economic Issues (cont'd).  ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES
Instructor:  Charles M. Hastings Office:  Anspach 118, 774-4398   E-Mail:  charles.hastings@cmich.edu Office Hours:  W, Th 2-4
M, 4/8	Session I.  Environmental Issues in the Past Lecture, links, readings	Giant Cedrela odonata in Oxabamba Valley, Peru http://www.vermail.net/jibanezo/pampahermosa.html
W, 4/10	Session II.  Environmental Lessons from Greenland Lecture, links, readings
M, 4/15	Session III.  Environmental Issues in the Andes Lecture, links, readings
W, 4/17	Session IV.  Hydro-Quebec vs. Cree First Nation Lecture, links, readings
M, 4/29	Test #4/ Final Exam
Environmental Studies  -  ENV 101 Home  -  ENV 101 Links  -  Hastings Home
Congratulations for a job well done in the community forum!  Now, to do well on the Hastings section of the final exam, use the two handouts distributed during lectures, plus the review sheet given out at the start of the forum, plus information on this web page, and any of the recommended/ suggested web links I have indicated, and you should then be prepared for the exam questions. Assignments:  for 4/8 & 4/10, please (1) look carefully through the Web page Lost Vikings of Greenland and (2) browse some of the other sites listed on "Norse vs. Inuit Occupations of Greenland" (see Links above).  For 4/15, consult the indicated high-priority Web pages on maca, vicuña, and coca.  For 4/17, go again to the Links page and check the opposing sides of Cree vs. Hydro Quebec for their basic positions. -  -  -  -  -

SESSION I  (M 4/8/02).

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN THE PAST

• Introduction: Ecological anthropology
  • Contrasting culturally defined values
  • Interactions between culture and environment
• Pleistocene megafauna extinctions
• Contrasting adaptive strategies in Greenland
  • Native American colonization of the Arctic
  • Norse colonization of the North Atlantic

Readings:  to be announced

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SESSION II (W 4/10/02).
ENVIRONMENTAL LESSONS FROM GREENLAND

• Contrasting adaptive strategies in Greenland, cont'd.
  • Norse failure vs. Inuit success
  • Investigations and evidence
  • Secrets of the Dead: The Lost Vikings (video)

Some Useful/ Interesting Links

Partial Outline of Lecture Material

Readings:  to be announced

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SESSION III (M 4/15/02).

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN THE THIRD WORLD:
EXAMPLES FROM ANDEAN SOUTH AMERICA

• First-world impact on Third-world environments
• Some examples:
  • Recycling and Coca-cola
  • Mining in Central Peru
  • Extinction and the vicuña - Some Useful/ Interesting Links
• Maca, the "love potion" - Some Useful/ Interesting Links
• Coca leaf:  environmental consequences of First-World addiction
  • Some Useful/ Interesting Links

Partial Outline of Lecture Material

Readings:  to be announced

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SESSION IV (W 4/17/02).

HYDRO-QUEBEC VS. CREE FIRST NATION:
A CLASH OF INTERESTS

• Corporate clout and indigenous resistance in the Hudson Bay region
  • Power:  One River, Two Nations (video)
  • Some Useful/ Interesting Links
  • Class handout

Readings:  to be announced

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