Environmental Anthropology

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Examines this relatively new subset of applied, cultural anthropology. Use in assisting government and private enterprises of environmental policy development and program planning. Need to assess and interpret the relationship between a community and its environment and the consequences of change. Social research methodology. Historical perspective. Current research. Table of Contents.

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"Table of Contents

Introduction 2
Historical Perspective 3
Overview of the Paradigms and Current Research 13
Conclusion 17
References 19
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Introduction
Anthropology deals with the production and utilization of knowledge pertinent to human cultural and social action within the confines of specific historical and environmental situations and cross-cultural interactions. One area in which it excels, however, has to do with understanding and interpreting cultural diversity in the communal setting and the interaction and sometimes conflict between intercultural and/or inter-population conflict.

Environmental anthropology (formerly known as cultural ecology) and ..."

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