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What is Environmental Anthropology | Definitions, History, and Career Opportunities | OS7

What is environmental anthropology? And what types of careers can you have with a background in the field? In this episode of Off the Shelf, we'll address those questions and more, focusing on definitions of environmental anthropology, aspects of its history and unique theoretical perspective, and discuss some of the numerous professional opportunities that a degree in the field can provide. The host, Alexander K. Smith, holds an MA from Oxford University and a PhD in the anthropology of Tibet and the Himalayas from the University of Paris (EPHE - PSL). For prospective students, I wholeheartedly recommend that you check out the combined School of the Environment and Anthropology program at Yale University, which I mentioned in the video: https://environment.yale.edu/doctoral... I can also wholeheartedly recommend the following undergraduate programs. Study environmental anthropology at Stanford University: https://anthropology.stanford.edu/res... Study environmental anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania: https://anthropology.sas.upenn.edu/co... Study environmental anthropology at the University of Kent: https://www.conservation-careers.com/... Footnotes [1] To a certain degree, the ostensive difficulty in articulating the differences between some of these fields (like environmental and ecological anthropology, for instance, which are sometimes used interchangeably and, at other times, are used to refer to different approaches to fieldwork) can be attributed to what Thomas Kuhn calls 'incommensurability' (Kuhn 1962). In short, as academic disciplines evolve parallel to one another, they gradually develop separate technical vocabularies, using different signifiers to refer to identical methods or concepts, often making interdisciplinary communication difficult. As a consequence, slight variations in method, outlook, or theory can lead to the development of sub-disciplines that, to non-specialists, appear to be more or less identical; but view themselves as entirely distinct. With regard to environmental and ecological anthropology, in a general sense, I would advocate using the two terms interchangeably. If you do so, however, keep in mind that some theorists consider environmental anthropology to be the applied dimension of ecological anthropology (Konina and Shoreman-Ouimet, 2013: 1-2) and others, like Patricia Townsend (2009: 104), use ecological anthropology to refer to a sub-specialization within environmental anthropology. In this sense, there is no universally agreed upon usage of the two terms. Works Cited: Balee, William. 1994. Footprints of the Forest. New York, NY: Columbia University Press. Bateson, Gregory. 2000 [1972]. Steps to an Ecology of Mind. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press. Catton, W. and Dunlap, R. 1978. "Environmental Sociology: A New Paradigm" in The American Sociologist, 13: 41-49. Catton W. and Dunlap, R. 1978. "Paradigms, Theories, and the Primacy of the HEP/NEP Distinction" in The American Sociologist, 13: 256-59. Konina, Helen and Shoreman-Ouimet, Eleanor (eds). 2013. Environmental Anthropology: Future Directions. London and New York: Routledge. Kuhn, Thomas. 2012 [1962]. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press. Steward, Julian. 1972 [1955]. Theory of Culture Change. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press. 0:00 Introduction 0:18 Definition 3:00 Environmental vs Ecological Anthropology 3:27 History 4:30 Information for Prospective Students 5:39 Career Opportunities 6:42 Conclusion