AN270
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Anthropocene
Course Subject Code
AN
Course Number
270
Course Long Title
Anthropocene
Status
Active
Division
Social Sciences
Department
Unit(s)
1
Schedule Type
Block Seminar, Extended Format
Instruction Mode
Traditional, Traditional
Grade Modes
Letter Grades, S/CR/NC, Audit
Course Attributes
CLSH
Course Description
What does it mean to be human in the Anthropocene – a time when we know human-caused climate change challenges lifeways and ecosystems globally? This course brings anthropological lenses to understand this epoch. We address such questions as how human pasts inform the present, how mitigation and adaptation guide resiliency, and how equitable social ecologies – of self, communities and systems, and interdependency beyond the human require holistic strategies. Different versions of the course stress cultural or archaeological perspectives, yet all involve community-based learning, whether grounded in field study at the Baca Campus, engaging UN climate negotiations, or convening dialogues on sustainability. 1 unit.