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The Way To Wanakena: A Photodocumentary Study On The Concept Of Community In An Adirondack Hamlet, Kristin V. Rehder
The Way To Wanakena: A Photodocumentary Study On The Concept Of Community In An Adirondack Hamlet, Kristin V. Rehder
MALS Final Projects, 1995-2019
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Environmentally Sensitive Worldviews: What Are They, Why Are They Necessary, And How Can They Be Fostered?, Nichole North Hester
Environmentally Sensitive Worldviews: What Are They, Why Are They Necessary, And How Can They Be Fostered?, Nichole North Hester
MALS Final Projects, 1995-2019
We are currently faced with compelling scientific evidence that humans are impacting the earth in many negative manners at rates previously unheard of. In an effort to understand the cultural origin of this degradation and find hope in a bleak situation, the prominent worldview of the citizens of the United States is examined as well as worldviews that might better serve both humanity and the planet. The ultimate goal is to help high school students understand and develop their own worldview; to this end a possible unit plan based on current pedagogy is presented with s ample lesson plans.
In Partnership With The Land - An Environmentally Historic Overview Of The Ancestral Puebloan People Of Chaco Canyon During The Bonito Phase Ce 850-1140, Ilyse Goldman
MALS Final Projects, 1995-2019
This paper is an environmental history of the Ancestral Puebloan People of Chaco Canyon in northwestern New Mexico from 850 - 1 1 40 of the Common Era (CE), a period also known as the Bonito Phase. Environmental history explores the relationship between people and their landscape over time. To capture as complete a narrative as possible, this paper is written from three perspectives - the natural history of the desert southwest, how the Ancestral Puebloans adapted to these environmental conditions, and a discussion of how the Ancestral Puebloan religious cosmology assisted them in adapting to these conditions, enabling them …
Anthropology And Environmental Studies Of The Southwest: The Integration Of People And The Land Through Time, Terri S. Ross
Anthropology And Environmental Studies Of The Southwest: The Integration Of People And The Land Through Time, Terri S. Ross
MALS Final Projects, 1995-2019
The indigenous peoples of the American Southwest are so culturally integrated with their environment that it is impossible to separate the land and the people. Personal interviews with three Navajo women provide an original and native voice illustrating their relationship to the environment. Five different topics chosen from their interviews have been researched to provide academic information for a more complete picture illustrating the integration of the people and the land through time.
I claim to understand the relationship between anthropology and environmental studies of the American Southwest. The people must be viewed in their native environment, and their voice …