chapter 11
Identify each statement as an outcome of the Standing Rock protests, or not.
=An Outcome More than 300 people were injured. State police and the National Guard removed unarmed protestors. There were 750 arrests were made. ===Not an Outcome The pipeline development project was cancelled.
Match the anthropologist with their multispecies ethnography.
Alien OceanStefan Helmreich Correct label: Stefan Helmreich Do Glaciers Listen?Julie Cruikshank Correct label: Julie Cruikshank How Forests ThinkEduardo Kohn Correct label: Eduardo Kohn
Identify each statement as describing the Anthropocene, or the Holocene.
Anthropocene Humans must adapt to environmental changes that we have set in motion. the current era Holocene a climate that remained fairly stable for about 12,000 years an era in the past
Identify each statement about glaciers as expressing indigenous Athapaskan and Tlingit views, or modern scientific views.
Indigenous Athapaskan and Tlingit Views Glaciers are sensitive to smells, and can listen. Glaciers can make moral judgments. Modern Scientific Views Glaciers are natural forces, separate from humans. Glaciers are valuable records of historical climate change.
According to anthropologist Laura Ogden, the major environmental problem in the Everglades is rising ocean levels.
false
Studies suggest that as early as 1940 humans began to use more resources than the planet could regenerate.
false
Identify the anthropological category promoted by Donna Haraway as a framework for interpreting the environment.
kinship
Identify each statement as a problem associated with the building of the Panama Canal, or not.
problem submersion of entire riverside towns disruption of the river-based economy Not a Problem residents forced to relocate mining for the mineral phosphate
About 20 percent of U.S. fossil fuel reserves are on Native lands.
true
Stefan Helmreich's ethnographic research analyzed ways in which microbes and human bodies are interconnected.
truee
Identify each statement as associated with industrial agriculture and livestock production, or peasants.
+Industrial Agriculture and Livestock Production produces 25 percent of the global greenhouse emissions +Peasants use less fossil fuels and water increased carbon sequestration smaller-scale production
Identify each scenario as a result of ecological overshoot, or not.
+Result Fisheries collapse in the oceans. Freshwater systems are depleted. Carbon dioxide builds up in the atmosphere. +Not a Result Political systems fail to address environmental crises.
Sixteen-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has accused world leaders of acting like irresponsible children. Her first action was in the summer of 2018 when she organized her classmates to sit outside the Swedish parliament. Her actions have inspired widespread student strikes, including on March 15, 2019, when 1.4 million school children walked out of schools in over 100 countries to demand action on climate change.
+accused world leaders of acting like irresponsible children. +when 1.4 million school children walked out of schools in over 100 countries
Ecological overshoot occurs when human demands on nature exceed the planet's ability to provide. It also refers to activist efforts that cause more unintentional harm than good. Results of ecological overshoot may include depletion of freshwater systems, collapsing fisheries in the oceans, and gentrification in urban neighborhoods.
+human demands on nature exceed the planet's ability to provide. +depletion of freshwater systems +collapsing fisheries in the oceans,
When people choose ecotourism, it is often because they want to invest their vacation dollars in something meaningful. Ecotourists may arrive in a location with an expectation of pristine nature populated by pristine Indians living in harmony with nature. Along with this view comes the expectation that reality should be concealed, for the sake of pleasure and relaxation. Ecotourists have fun, and also believe that by spending money in this way, they are helping to save the planet.
+with an expectation of pristine nature populated by pristine Indians living in harmony with nature. +believe that by spending money in this way, they are helping to save the planet.
Stefan Helmreich studied microbes in the Pacific Ocean. In order to do so, he journeyed 7000 feet into the Pacific Ocean. Helearned that microbes transfer genes laterally, between neighbors. Microbes play an important role in genetic expression for sea life, but not for humans. His fieldwork carries implications for understanding the power of the environment to shape the expression of genetic information in organisms.
=journeyed 7000 feet into the Pacific Ocean =transfer genes laterally, between neighbors =power of the environment to shape the expression of genetic information in organisms.
Runa people taught anthropologist Eduardo Kohn interesting insights about jaguars. Jaguars are known to prowl the forest at night and sometimes attack humans. When people consider the jaguar's point of view, better ways of relating come into view. For example, by talking with jaguars during the day, people will be less likely to be attacked at night. Also, by sleeping face up, people will be more likely to be able to use human tools or weapons to maintain a clear boundary between human and animal. The main point is to reorient the human perspective to consider the vantage point of plants, animals, and all living things.
=reorient the human perspective to consider the vantage point of plants, animals, and all living things. =consider the jaguar's point of view
Ecotourism always involves the tourists doing environmental conservation work, such as tree planting.
False
Identify each statement as part of the Gimi worldview, or the classic Western worldview.
Gimi Worldview -People live as part of their local ecosystem, not outside it -People and nature interrelate and influence one another Classic Western Worldview -Nature must be protected from the activities of people -Nature is untouched and exotic
Identify the key threats to the future of humanity.
Key Threat to Future of Humanity climate change population growth poverty the collapse of nation-states
College students can engage environmental issues on personal and institutional levels. Identify each example as more personal, or more institutional.
More Personal Tina reduces the amount of clothing she owns. Kevin rides a bike rather than using a car. More Institutional Adriana and her friends campaign for a politician who supports sustainability efforts. Leo challenges his college to invest in solar and wind power.
Anthropologist -SELECT A LABELsocial inequalityNeil Smithnatural eventsrandom eventsVanessa Agard-Jonesclimate change makes the point that "there is no such thing as a natural disaster." Hurricanes, tsunamis, and earthquakes are all -SELECT A LABELsocial inequalityNeil Smithnatural eventsrandom eventsVanessa Agard-Jonesclimate change. Whether they become disasters, however, is largely determined by -SELECT A LABELsocial inequalityNeil Smithnatural eventsrandom eventsVanessa Agard-Jonesclimate change.
Neil Smith natural events social inequality
On December 17, 2018, the United Nations finalized the Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and -SELECT A LABELgentrificationIndigenous PeopleOther Peoplerulesettler colonialismfoodlegal frameworkgoal Working in Rural Areas. This declaration raises the visibility of the conditions of rural populations and it provides an internationally accepted -SELECT A LABELgentrificationIndigenous PeopleOther Peoplerulesettler colonialismfoodlegal frameworkgoal that peasant organizations and rural social movements can invoke as they work on some of their most pressing issues: -SELECT A LABELgentrificationIndigenous PeopleOther Peoplerulesettler colonialismfoodlegal frameworkgoal, security, and health.
Other People legal framework food
Identify each statement as a problem associated with the building of the Panama Canal, or not.
Problem submersion of entire riverside towns disruption of the river-based economy Not a Problem residents forced to relocate mining for the mineral phosphate
Based on Eduardo Kohn's ethnography, How Forests Think (2013), identify each statement as a reasonable strategy for multispecies ethnography, or not.
Reasonable Strategy see the world through the eyes of an animal investigate the ecological relationships between people and plants Not a Reasonable Strategy communicate with forest plants and trees by imitating the sounds of wind and water eat, sleep, and spend time as animals do
Multispecies ethnography includes -SELECT A LABELcross-culturalspeciesmultidisciplinaryethnographichumansmore than human research designed to consider the interactions of all -SELECT A LABELcross-culturalspeciesmultidisciplinaryethnographichumansmore than human living on the planet and see the world from a -SELECT A LABELcross-culturalspeciesmultidisciplinaryethnographichumansmore than humanperspective.
ethnographic species more than human
Match the anthropologist with the fieldwork they conducted that relates to the environment.
indigenous people and land in the Great Basin area of the American WestJulian Steward Correct label: Julian Steward Trobriand gardensBronislaw Malinowski Correct label: Bronislaw Malinowski migrant workers in Florida's Everglades swamplandZora Neale Hurston Correct label: Zora Neale Hurston Chinese water management and irrigation farmingOwen Lattimore Correct label: Owen Lattimore
President Mohamed Nasheed has taken a leading role in environmental efforts. What pledge did he make regarding the Maldives?
to make the Maldives the first carbon-neutral country
In Martinique, some people worry that the widespread contamination of environmental toxins is now leading to effeminizing of the male population and an increase in intersex births
truee