ANTH 3320 - Amazonia:People,Culture,Nature

Institution:

University of New Orleans

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Description:

Ethnographic survey of the sociocultural systems developed by the indigenous peoples of Amazonia and other lowland forests. Ecological factors, subsistence practices, social organizations, politics, cosmology, ethnohistory, myths, and belief systems. Contemporary issues of colonialism, contact, change, continuity, resistance, and cultural survival, as well as issues of human rights and the destruction of the Amazonian rain forest will be examined.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.uno.edu

Phone Number:

(504) 280-6000

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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