Humans and the Environment, independent study

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Students will be able to define the relationship between protecting cultural heritage and protecting the environment. Students will also be able explain the fundamentals of the interaction between people and the environment, as well as the fundamentals of the concept of nature from a chronological perspective. Students will be able to discuss how specific cultures have adapted to their environments. Students will also be able to define human being’s relation to animals and to their immediate environment. In addition, students will be able to define the cultural factors that control these relations. Students will also be able to discuss contemporary environmental questions and their effects on local communities.

Book e-exam option: - Townsend Patricia (2018) Environmental Anthropology. From Pigs to Policies 3rd edition. Waveland press: Long Grove; - Fagan, Brian 2004; The Long Summer: How Climate Changed Civilization, New York: Basic Books; - Hughes, J. Donald 2001/2009: An Environmental History of the World. London/New York: Routledge.

Book exam in e-exam, please see instructions: https://ict.oulu.fi/5330/?page&lang=en

Please find further information about the Study Module in Sustainable Development on the study module’s webpage of the Open University: https://joy.oulu.fi/en/education-search/sustainable-development-study-module-open-uni. E-exam, please see instructions: https://ict.oulu.fi/5330/?page&lang=en

Course is available in English as independent literature study e-exam.