1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910961537203321

Titolo

Environmental anthropology today / / edited by Helen Kopnina and Eleanor Shoreman-Ouimet

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon [England] ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2011

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-65855-6

1-283-44188-8

9786613441881

0-203-80690-5

1-136-65856-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xvii, 301 p. : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

KopninaHelen

Shoreman-OuimetEleanor

Disciplina

304.2

Soggetti

Human ecology

Ecologia humana

Llibres electrònics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. The theoretical perspectives -- pt. 2. Methodological challenges -- pt. 3. Anthropologists and the real world.

Sommario/riassunto

Today, we face some of the greatest environmental challenges in global history. Understanding the damage being done and the varied ethics and efforts contributing to its repair is of vital importance. This volume poses the question: What can increasing the emphasis on the environment in environmental anthropology, along with the science of its problems and the theoretical and methodological tools of anthropological practice, do to aid conservation efforts, policy initiatives, and our overall understanding of how to survive as citizens of the planet? Environmental Anthropology Today combines a range of new ethnographic work with chapters exploring key theoretical and methodological issues, and draws on disciplines such as sociology and environmental science as well as anthropology to illuminate those



issues. The case studies include work on North America, Europe, India, Africa, Asia, and South America, offering the reader a stimulating and thoughtful survey of the work currently being conducted in the field.