Environmental anthropology
- Wie interagieren Menschen mit ihren Umwelten?
- Wie beeinflussen sie den Verlust und Erhalt der biologischen Vielfalt, den Klimawandel, die Umweltverschmutzung und den Umweltschutz?
How do humans interact with their environments? How do their actions influence biodiversity loss, climate change and pollution? And how do differently situated people respond to these transformations in specific ways?
This book serves as an introduction to the research and practice of environmental anthropology. It presents current concepts and debates, and highlights key social-ecological issues. Readers will learn about the origins of the field, and about recent approaches to landscapes, infrastructures, Anthropocenes and ontologies. They can delve into environmental-anthropological research on water, plants, animals and human bodies, and are invited to explore issues around climate change, disasters, extractivism, conservation and environmentalism.
UTB M
1. Auflage 2023
288 Seiten, 38 Abb., 2 Tab.
Softcover, 15 x 21,5 cm, 440 g
Erscheinungsdatum 04.09.2023
Englisch
ISBN/EAN 9783825260897
CHF 46.90* / EUR 38.00 (D) / EUR 39.10 (A)
* unverb. Preisempfehlung
Michael Bollig
Michael Bollig is Professor of Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Cologne where his key interests lie in the environmental anthropology of sub-Saharan Africa. His current research projects focus on the social-ecological dynamics connected to large-scale conservation projects, the commodification of nature and the political ecology of pastoralism.
Franz Krause
Franz Krause is an independent researcher in ecological and environmental anthropology. His previous research and teaching focused on water, disasters, seasonality, environmental management and the Circumpolar North. Franz has led a research group on everyday life in river deltas around the world and continues ethnographic research with Ehdiitat Gwich’in and Inuvialuit in Arctic Canada.