AMST 3330

AMST 3330

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2024-2025.

Based on indigenous and place-based "ways of knowing," this course (1) presents a theoretical and humanistic framework from which to understand generation of ecological knowledge; (2) examines processes by which to engage indigenous and place-based knowledge of natural resources, the nonhuman environment, and human-environment interactions; and (3) reflects upon the relevance of this knowledge to climatic change, resource extraction, food sovereignty, medicinal plant biodiversity, and issues of sustainability and conservation. The fundamental premise of this course is that human beings are embedded in their ecological systems.

When Offered Fall.

Permission Note Enrollment limited to: juniors and seniors.

Distribution Category (ETM-AS) (CA-AG, D-AG, KCM-AG, SBA-AG)
Course Attribute (CU-CEL, CU-ITL, CU-SBY)

Comments Interested graduate students should enroll in the graduate version of the course, NTRES 6330.

Outcomes
  • To appreciate natural resource development from a human ecological perspective.
  • To apply the interdisciplinary lens of human ecology to understand human and environmental relations.
  • To appreciate the complex interconnectivity between the ecological and the cultural.
  • To comprehend that individual actions informed by cultural systems manifest themselves in social structures that rely on ecological foundations.
  • To extend the notion of transdisciplinary to include indigenous and place-based knowledge.
  • To situate indigenous and local knowledge within a humanistic framework of knowledge generation.
  • To illustrate the participatory and experiential basis of indigenous and place-based knowledge.
  • To propose a method best suited for researching such knowledge processes.
  • To value the contributions of indigenous and place-based knowledge in the context of socio-cultural and environmental change and natural resource utilization.

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AIIS 3330NTRES 3330NTRES 6330

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  8888 AMST 3330   LEC 001

    • TR Weill Hall 226
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Kassam, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    If you are interested in this course but unable to enroll, see https://forms.gle/XbKS8oZS93UP13K69 to add yourself to the waitlist.