ANTH 34394 - Environmental Issues in Asia

Institution:

University of Notre Dame

Subject:

Anthropology

Description:

Host University number SOCS 2220; Resource politics has emerged as one of the fundamental foci of debate in Asia today. This unit seeks to contextualise contemporary issues and conflicts over land, water and other environmental resources. Students examine enduring Asian discourses concerning the environment and the discursive and practical aspects of contemporary debates concerning particular environments in Asia. Topics covered may include religious approaches to nature (e.g.in Theravada Buddhism), state ideologies about the environment, current controversies surrounding dam constructions, forest conservation, mining, industrial pollution, and other issues of contemporary environmental impact including the rise of various forms of Asian environmentalism. In treating such topics the unit aims not only to develop an awareness of the dimensions and processes involved in specifically Asian contexts, but also to foster a critical evaluation of larger theoretical perspectives such as cultural and political ecology and sustainable development.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.nd.edu

Phone Number:

(574) 631-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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