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SOAN0395A-S15

Language and Environment

Environmental Communication
Do languages simply put different labels on the environment, from rocks to trees to carbon, or are what we see and what we value shaped by the ways that we talk about it? Drawing upon ethnography, linguistics, and critical discourse analysis, we will explore how environmental perceptions and modes of action are formed in and through language. We will bring an appreciation of language differences to the analysis of ongoing environmental controversies, where the various stakeholders draw contrasting boundaries between nature and culture and define human involvement with nature in different ways. 3 hrs. lect./disc. (Anthropology)/
Course Reference Number (CRN):
22448
Subject Code:
SOAN
Course Number:
0395
Section Identifier:
A

Course

SOAN 0395

All Sections in Spring 2015

Spring 2015

SOAN0395A-S15 Lecture (Nevins)