SOAN0395A-S16
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)/
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)/
- Term:
- Spring 2016
- Location:
- Munroe Hall 404(MNR 404)
- Schedule:
- 8:40am-9:55am on Monday, Wednesday (Feb 15, 2016 to May 16, 2016)
- Type:
- Lecture
- Instructors:
- Marybeth Nevins
- Subject:
- Sociology/Anthropology
- Department:
- Sociology/Anthropology
- Division:
- Social Sciences
- Requirements Fulfilled:
- CMP SOC
- Levels:
- Undergraduate
- Cross-Listed As:
- LNGT0395A-S16
- Availability:
- View availability, prerequisites, and other requirements.
- Course Reference Number (CRN):
- 21911
- Subject Code:
- SOAN
- Course Number:
- 0395
- Section Identifier:
- A