ANTH 100A Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Ecotopia, Bioregionalism, Traditional Ecological Knowledge
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There is a lot to learn from other people: people who live diferently have keys and possibilities to how the world works. Marvin harris and cultural materialism: these resources that other people have may have taboos but their way of living makes a lot of sense, ie sacred cow in india. Population gets better nutrition by taking care of the cow. They can use milk/cheese etc. without taking the meat. Ray rappaport and pigs for the ancestors: population control. Various scholars and traditional ecological knowledge: every human population is full of contradictions. Human-nonhuman encounters: there are several actors that people like to encounter everyday ie going to the lake everyday. Anthropologists are interested in why people map out the world the way we do: keith basso and wisdom sits in places. If you stay in a place for a long time then you will gain the knowledge of the land ie learn about the human experience.
