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September
Labor Day—no class

10 Moran, Human Adaptability, Preface—Ch.1, “People in Ecosystems,” pp. xv-25, and Ch. 3, “From Cultural Ecology to Environmental Anthropology,”  pp. 47-73.
Brody, Maps & Dreams, Introduction & Preface—Chapter 2, pp. ix-33.

17 Human Adaptability, Chapter 4, “Fundamental Concepts and Methods,” pp.75-107
Maps & Dreams, Chapter 3-5, pp. 34-84.

24 Human Adaptability, Chapter 5, Arctic Zones, pp. 113-144
Maps & Dreams, Chapter 6-8, pp. 85-135.

October
1 Maps & Dreams, Chapter 9-13, pp. 136-229
[R] Freeman, et al. Inuit, Whaling, and Sustainability, Introduction & Chapter 1, “The Importance of Inuit Whaling Today,” pp. 19-56.
[R] Berkes, Fikret, Sacred Ecology, Chapter 3, “Intellectual Roots of Traditional Ecological Knowledge,” pp.  37-55.

8 [R] Hardin, G. “The Tragedy of the Commons”
[R] McCay & Acheson, “Human Ecology of the Commons”     
Maps & Dreams, Chapter 14-16, pp. 230-283.

15 Human Adaptability, Chapter 8, Grasslands, pp. 219-253
[R] McCabe, Terrence J., “Turkana Pastoralism: A Case Study Against the Tragedy of the Commons”
      [R] Bates, Daniel G., Human Adaptive Strategies, Chapter 5, “Pastoralism,”
       pp. 90-110
       Research Paper Assigned       
 

22  Human Adaptability, Chapter 9, Humid Tropics, pp. 259-300.
      Miriam Kahn, Always Hungry, Never Greedy, Preface, Introduction-Ch. 4, pp. xi-73
       Sacred Ecology (F. Berkes), Chapter 4, “Traditional Knowledge Systems in
      Practice,” pp. 59-78.
      [R] The Question of the Commons (McCay and Acheson), Chapter 11 (Vondal) “The
      Common Swampland of Southeastern Borneo”
      A3 Agriculture, Food and Culture in Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea

29 Always Hungry…, Chapter 5-7, pp. 74-122
Liberation Ecologies (R. Peet and M. Watts, eds.), Chapter 9, “Gender and Class Power in Agroforestry Systems.” (Schroeder and Surayanana), pp. 188-202
[R] Robbins, Richard, Global Problems and the Culture of Capitalism, Chapter 5, “The Problem of Population Growth,” pp. 147-178.
      [R] Humphrey and Buttel, “Population and the Environment”
      [R] J. van Willigen and V. C. Channa, “Law, Custom, and Crimes Against Women: 
      The Problem of Dowry Death in India” 
      A4: Population and the Environment

November
5 Human Adaptability, Chapter 7, Arid Lands, pp. 181-216
Always Hungry, Never Greedy, Chapter 8-Conclusion
[R] Life and Death Matters (B. R. Johnston, ed.), Chapter  4, (R. Hitchcock),
     “African Wildlife: Conservation and Conflict.”

12  Human Adaptability, Chapter 6, High Altitudes, pp. 149-177 
Liberation Ecologies, Chapter Liberation Ecologies, Chapter 4, “Movements, Modernizations, and Markets” (Bebbington), pp. 86-106; Chapter 5, “Discourses on Soil Loss in Bolivia.” (Zimmer), pp.110-121.
A5: Ecology, Society and “development”

19 Human Adaptability, Chapter 10, New Directions in Environmental Anthropology,
      pp. 307-338.
     Liberation Ecologies, Chapter 2, “Constructing Nature” (Escobar), pp. 46-65
       Sacred Ecology, Chapter 9, “Challenges to Indigenous Knowledge.” Pp. 145-159.    

25 Research Paper Due—No lateness permitted
Liberation Ecologies, Chapter 12, “ Conclusion: Towards a Theory of Liberation Ecology” (Watts and Peet), pp. 260-270.
       Sacred Ecology, Chapter 10, “Toward a Unity of Mind and Nature.” Pp. 163-179.

December
3 Final Exam