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MSAB2370A-W21

Cultr Powered Ecosystems
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Culturally Powered Ecosystems of the World
Escape now from the degradationist myth. Preindustrial civilizations forged ecosystems that continue to yield sustainability to this day. Drawing from examples of silvo-agro-pastoralist Coupled Human and Natural Systems in California, Spain, Argentina, Kenya and Bhutan where the past is not even past we examine the complex feedback loops existing between traditional ecological knowledge, political and economic development, social change and the lasting legacy effects of human interventions in ecosystems. Challenging Enlightenment era cultural framings of linearity and progress these culturally powered ecosystems offer us insights into how to build long lasting landscape resilience with important implications for climate change adaptation.
Course Reference Number (CRN):
11584
Subject Code:
MSAB
Course Number:
2370
Section Identifier:
A

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MSAB 2370

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Winter 2021

MSAB2370A-W21 Lecture (Seijo Maceiras)