Humans and the Environment (OPEN UNI)

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.

Contact teaching Lectures, written assignments or exercises. 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.

Material handed out during lectures. 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.

Assignments on lectures and formal lecture examination or written assignments or exercises

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Language of instruction Finnish