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NOTES:

Conrad P. Kottak, March 1999, “The New Ecological Anthropology,” American Anthropologist 101(1):23-35.

THE NEW ECOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

1. Scale

spatial - intersections of logical, regional, national, international, global
temporal - long-term (diachronic, history)

2. Multiple factors

political (critical)
neocolonial (development & conservation)
conflict, human rights (intellectual property rights)

3. Engaged

applied, policy, advocacy

4. Methods

ethnoecology
multiple (factor, site, level, time)
linkages
comparison
team (questions from locals)

5. Continuities

local, culture, ecosystem, systems, adaptation, maladaptation, process, change, history

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Linkage Methods

1. longitudinal (long-term)

2. systematic inter-community comparison

same region
different regions
different countries

3. research extends to levels at which policies are developed

4. interview planners, administrators, & others who impinge on the study population(s)

5. research planned as ongoing process

6. require team work

7. key to continuity - involvement of

host country colleagues
local assistance
other community residents

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Issues

1. clash of locals, economic development, & environmentalism

2. biodiversity conservation

3.ecological awareness & environmental perception risk

4. NGOs & rights movements

5. environmental racism

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