The concept and method of cultural ecology 5 julian steward 2 smallholders, householders 10 robert netting 3 ecosystem ecology in biology and anthropology 15 emilio moran 4 gender and the environment. The environment in anthropologypresents ecology and current environmental studies from an anthropological point of view. The innermost core of netting s functionalist model is taken up. Robert netting had a central role in establishing agricultural anthropology. The ecology of culture arts and humanities research council. Download limit exceeded you have exceeded your daily download allowance. Winner, netting award, cultural and political ecology specialty group, association of american geographers, 2007. Sep 28, 2015 introduction to cultural ecology pos 1. Human impacts and cultural landscape are two contradictory concepts that may help to explain the past and modern flavors of cultural ecology. He sees human cultures as closely linked to their environments, but is also careful to differentiate his theory from environmental determinism, which claims that cultures are completely shaped by their environments and assumes that all cultures that develop in the same area will develop in the same ways. At this time, julian steward coined the term cultural ecology see principal concepts. This paper takes up robert nettings smallholderhouseholder theory 1993. Cultural ecology also has its roots in an earlier cultural anthropology, particularly the study of the geographic and environmental context of culture change. In the early 1960s, robert netting described households in the kofyar homeland in nigeria and explained their size, composition, and other characteristics as adjustments to agrarian ecology.
Robert mccorkle netting american anthropologist britannica. Email citation nettings synopsis of cultural ecology has become a classic, exerting influence in anthropology, geography, and related fields. Ways of reclaiming the broader purview of classical cultural ecology without its drawbacks are discussed in terms of pedagogy, and in terms of research on. Introduction to cultural ecology second edition mark q. Published in the cultural and political ecology newsletter, aag, 2007.
Authoritative and lucidly written, the human mosaic spans the full breadth of traditional human geography while incorporating the best of recent insights from cultural studies. The emphasis on householdlevel analysis in these early benchmarks has served as a continuing catalyst for. Cultural ecology 1977 is a clear exposition of the theoretical underpinnings and methodological commitments of what netting calls an ecological way of seeing. Huntergatherers, northwest coast fishermen, east african cattleraising peoples, and subsistence farmers are analyzed with an eye to exposing the complex, reciprocal interactions. From the classics to the most current scholarship, this book connects the theory and practice in environment and anthropology, giving readers a strong intellectual foundation as well as offering practical tools for solving environmental problems. Netting, robert, ecological perspectives in cultural ecology. Introduction to cultural ecology second edition m a r k q. Nov 21, 2015 in this article, julian steward attempts to define his theory of cultural ecology. Nettings kofyar study, published in 1968, was to become a classic monograph on the cultural ecology of intensive cultivators. Cultural ecology and human ecology geography oxford.
In this article, julian steward attempts to define his theory of cultural ecology. Whereas julian stewards cultural ecology had focused on foraging societies nettings study of kofyar hill farmers offered one of the first and still one of the best analyses of the effects of agricultural change on social organization. Explaining diversity in work group responses to organizational transformation marivita l. Nettings 1960s ethnography also caught the beginning of a profound change in kofyar society. Farm families and the ecology of intensive, sustainable agriculture. Environmental anthropology ecological anthropology. Cultural ecology newsletter of the association of american geographers find, read and cite all the research you. The innermost core of nettings functionalist model is taken up. The changed nature of householding in the kofyar homeland glenn davis stone1 in the early 1960s robert netting described households in the kofyar home land in nigeria and explained their size composition and other characteristics as adjustments to agrarian ecology. Netting argues that in times of change, the household system. See all 2 formats and editions hide other formats and.
By now ecological anthropology is a mature topical. A feminist political ecology perspective 27 dianne rocheleau, barbara thomasslayter, and esther wangari. Offering the essentials of variation in subsistence technology and environment. Household changes attending movement to a frontier were analyzed in the same framework. From the classics to the most current scholarship, this text connects the theory and practice in environment and anthropology, providing readers with a strong intellectual foundation as well as offering practical tools for solving environmental problems. Leading proponents of this perspective in the history of american anthropology include leslie white, julian steward, marvin harris, roy rappaport, and robert netting, each of whom wrote many books and articles concerning it. This short, versatile book clearly and concisely illustrates the central concepts and general principles of cultural ecology. The work contains nettings prefacing comment that cultural ecology is a. By the 1980s, the economic rationale for homeland farming had all but disappeared, and some villages seemed on the. Pdf on jun 1, 1994, gregory knapp and others published smallholders, householders. Cultural ecology is a theoretical approach that attempts to explain similarities and differences in culture in relation to the environment. When i and my nigerian students began to learn his insights into the kofyar people, and their intensive.
See all 2 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Cultural ecology 1965,1 netting argues that social and cultural factors, and not only biological and physical factors i. Highly focused on how the material culture, or technology, related to basic survival, i. Syllabus title anth 620h human ecology theory or method. Netting university of washington press seattle 1968. This sequence of approaches reflects the historical development of the subject, largely since the 1950s. Farm families and the ecology of intensive, sustainable agriculture, r. Download pdf introduction to cultural ecology book full free. This article was most recently revised and updated by karen sparks, director and editor, britannica book of the year. Ecology is a biological term for the interaction of organisms and their environment, which includes other organisms. Cultural ecology paperback january 1, 1986 by robert m.
Cultural ecology of the kofyar of the jos plateau on free shipping on qualified orders. Environment in anthropology free pdf, djvu, epub, fb2. This paper considers the kinds of evidence available for empirically determining the connexion between a particular social pattern and the productive activities of a society, providing an example of the analysis steward called cultural ecology 1953. Nettings synopsis of cultural ecology has become a classic, exerting influence in anthropology, geography, and related fields. The neoevolutionist leslie white reacted to the idealism of the cultural approach, turning his attention to the progress of technology in harnessing. Nettings primary focus was on the kofyar ecological adaptations, including the highly intensive agriculture being practiced and also the social institutions that were.
A reader in ecology, culture, and sustainable living nora haenn, richard wilk download bok. Pdf introduction to cultural ecology download full pdf. Introduction to cultural ecology pos linkedin slideshare. A study in the cultural ecology of a west african people. Robert butler and robert sternberg on testing and refinement of archaeomagnetic dating.
Netting, author of cultural ecology, on librarything. Netting award, cultural and political ecology specialty group of. This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and if not signed in for advertising. Sep 26, 2018 modern cultural ecology pulls in elements of historical and political ecology as well as rational choice theory, postmodernism, and cultural materialism. Human impacts and cultural landscape are two contradictory concepts that may help to. Robert netting began anthropological research with the kofyar in the early 1960s. By the 1980s, the economic rationale for homeland farming had all but disappeared, and some villages. Special session on the geographical personality of robert c. It introduces readers to the topic of ecological anthropology by presenting illustrative ethnographic cases of huntergatherer, pastoralist, and agricultural societies. Notes for the gebusi, 4th edition emory university.
Robert mccorkle netting, 193495 an appreciation bob netting began his research career in nigeria in 1960. A feminist political ecology perspective 27 dianne rocheleau, barbara thomasslayter, and. It introduces students to the topic of ecological anthropology by presenting illustrative ethnographic cases of huntergatherer, pastoralist, and agricultural societies. Julian steward is usually credited with the founding of cultural ecology, the analysis between culture and environment more simply put, the science of working to understand how our physical. Rethinking some west african environmental narratives james fairhead melissa leach 24. Sep 26, 2015 the environment in anthropology presents ecology and current environmental studies from an anthropological point of view. The environment in anthropology presents ecology and current environmental studies from an anthropological point of view. Baba wayne state university the concepts ofhuman and cultural ecology are extended to explain divergent work group responses to a transformational change program in a fortune 100 manufacturing corporation. Netting uses his study of a swiss alpine community to show relationships between land tenure and land use. Kofyar study, published in 1968, was to become a classic monograph on the cultural ecology of intensive cultivators. The relevance of selfsubsistence communities for world ecosystem management. Modern cultural ecology pulls in elements of historical and political ecology as well as rational choice theory, postmodernism, and cultural materialism.
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