Multiple Environmental Knowledges

Catalog description

This course will complement learning on scientific perspectives by presenting students with case studies in which different types of knowledges, values, and worldviews - both scientific and nonscientific – need to be taken into account for making decisions on natural resources management and policy. The class material will be based on a deep discussion of the importance of multiple knowledge sources, so that students can simultaneously learn about the science behind a given environmental topic, as well as additional political, economic, social and cultural issues at stake.