SCOPE (Sustainability Co-Creation Programme)

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SOC200HA(社会学 / Sociology 200)
Studies for Environment and Society

Oribe GOHARA

Class code etc
Faculty/Graduate school SCOPE (Sustainability Co-Creation Programme)
Attached documents
Year 2024
Class code C3600
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Previous Class title
Term 秋学期授業/Fall
Day/Period 木3/Thu.3
Class Type
Campus 市ヶ谷 / Ichigaya
Classroom name 市BT‐0603
Grade 1~4
Credit(s) 2
Notes
Open Program
Open Program (Notes)
Global Open Program
Interdepartmental class taking system for Academic Achievers
Interdepartmental class taking system for Academic Achievers (Notes)
Class taught by instructors with practical experience
SDGs CP
Urban Design CP
Diversity CP
Learning for the Future CP
Carbon Neutral CP
Chiyoda Campus Consortium
Category 展開科目/Disciplinary & Elective Courses
環境総合科目/Environment & Society

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Outline and objectives

This course explores the field of environmental anthropology, focusing on how humans relate to, and are influenced by, the natural environment. We will use analytical tools of anthropology to investigate human-environment interactions, and look at a wide range of topics, such as subsistence activities, endangered species, wildlife management, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, “intellectual property rights”, and zoonotic diseases. Drawing together classic anthropological ethnographies and some of the recent debates in environmental anthropology, students will think critically about the ever-changing relations between humans and environment today and discuss how such issues are connected to the socio-cultural, economic, political, and medical spheres of the societies.

Goal

By the end of the course, students will obtain deep understanding of key discussions and theories of environmental anthropology. By looking at a wide range of topics with case studies around the world, students will be able to critically examine human - environment relationships and their transformations in contemporary societies.

Which item of the diploma policy will be obtained by taking this class?

Among diploma policies,"DP2" is related

Default language used in class

英語 / English

Method(s)(学期の途中で変更になる場合には、別途提示します。 /If the Method(s) is changed, we will announce the details of any changes. )

The course consists of lectures, discussions, and other activities such as watching documentaries (or movies). Feedback on assignments submitted by students will be provided in class or through the Learning Management System.


Active learning in class (Group discussion, Debate.etc.)

あり / Yes

Fieldwork in class

なし / No

Schedule

授業形態/methods of teaching:対面/face to face

※各回の授業形態は予定です。教員の指示に従ってください。

Week1[対面/face to face]:Course overview.

Introduction to environmental anthropology.

Week2[対面/face to face]:Hunter-gatherers

How do hunter-gatherers perceive their surrounding environment, and interact with animals and plants in their everyday lives?

Week3[対面/face to face]:Pastoralists

How do pastoralists in Mongolia live with their herd animals?

Week4[対面/face to face]:Subsistence fishing

How do indigenous people in Alaska maintain subsistence fishing today?

week5[対面/face to face]:Endangered Species 1

Why is Asian vulture disappearing at an unprecedented rate throughout India today? How does that situation affect to other species in India

Week6[対面/face to face]:Endangered Species 2

What are the causes of recent honey-bee declines worldwide?
How does it affect to humans, plants, insects, and the whole ecosystem, as
well as the food chain?

Week7[対面/face to face]:Wildlife Management 1

What is the relationship between indigenous people and animals in
Canada? How has the recent introduction of wildlife management
affected to their relationships?

Week8[対面/face to face]:Wildlife Management 2

How is wildlife management practiced to control wildlife nuisance in
mountain villages in Japan today

Week9[対面/face to face]:Traditional Ecological Knowledge 1

How do indigenous people in Nepal use medicinal plants in their everyday lives?

Week10[対面/face to face]:Traditional Ecological Knowledge 2

What happens to indigenous peoples’ knowledge of medicinal plants when “intellectual property rights" is introduced into the realm of traditional
medicine?

Week11[対面/face to face]:Zoonotic Diseases 1

Why and how did the outbreak of bubonic plague occur in Madagascar in 2014? How did land degradation, deforestation intensify the condition?

Week12[対面/face to face]:Zoonotic Diseases 2

How did people respond to the outbreak in Madagascar?

Week13[対面/face to face]:Zoonotic Diseases 3

How did the government of Madagascar, UN health agency, NGOs, and medical doctors try to control the outbreak in Madagascar?

Week14[対面/face to face]:Conclusion

Overall review of environmental anthropology

Work to be done outside of class (preparation, etc.)

Preparatory study and review time for this class are 2 hours each. Students need to read required readings each week and prepare for your essays.

Textbooks

None

References

There are required readings according to the topic in each class. They are introduced in the class.

Grading criteria

Class participation and discussion 40%

Assignments (2 essays) 60%

Changes following student comments

N/A

Equipment student needs to prepare

No equipment is needed in this class.

Others

N/A