Humans and the Environment: What's the Connection?

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How do diverse human groups across global ecosystems (desert, tropics, arctic, alpine, urban) interact with and adapt to their environments and how are these relationships changing in response to globalization, climate change and other social, historical and political-economic drivers? Cultures situated in landscapes are the basis for an incredible global diversity of worldviews and behaviors that in turn affect how humans experience and 'use' their environments. This course will provide an introduction to current and benchmark literature and methods in environmental and ecological anthropology that address people-environment interactions.