Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Catalog - 2024-2025
ANTH 557 - CONSERVATION AND INDIGENEITY
Long Title: CONSERVATION, INDIGENEITY, DISPLACEMENT
Department: Anthropology
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Course Type: Seminar
Credit Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Graduate
Description: Drawing on a wide range of transcontinental case studies addressing contemporary issues such as national parks and displacement, forest conservation and neoliberal natures, conservation and development, and race and environmental racism, this course critically examines how conservation policies and discourses are often used to advance capitalist and statists agendas, and how these agendas have exploited and oppressed indigenous populations in a global context. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ANTH 357. Recommended Prerequisite(s): ANTH 201