Description
In this course we investigate the concept of social and environmental sustainability. We examine if and how we can employ thousands of years of human (pre)history in our efforts to understand and achieve sustainability. Modern sustainability studies often rely on data representing recent time periods of short duration. Using archaeological case studies from around the world we consider periods of social and environmental stability and change in our exploration of sustainability and ask, “What can be learned; can the past inform the future?”
Graduate students from many disciplines should find this course of interest. Please contact me if you are not an anthropologist and are considering this course.
Textbooks
None required. Selected articles and book chapters will be posted on the "Reading" page - see above.
In this course we investigate the concept of social and environmental sustainability. We examine if and how we can employ thousands of years of human (pre)history in our efforts to understand and achieve sustainability. Modern sustainability studies often rely on data representing recent time periods of short duration. Using archaeological case studies from around the world we consider periods of social and environmental stability and change in our exploration of sustainability and ask, “What can be learned; can the past inform the future?”
Graduate students from many disciplines should find this course of interest. Please contact me if you are not an anthropologist and are considering this course.
Textbooks
None required. Selected articles and book chapters will be posted on the "Reading" page - see above.
