HUMAN ECOLOGY AND MARITIME COMMUNITIES.
Prof. Diego Quiroga Ph.D.
GAIAS 2008
This course will examine the relationship that people have with their environment, in particular the sea,
and the way that their cultural and economic practices are shaped by these interactions. We will also
analyze social, cultural and economic transformations and the way that these transformations affect and
change the environment in which people live. Finally, we will analyze the complex relationship between
cycles of marine animals and the people who depend on them.
Students are expected to write a 10 to 12 pages paper. The paper should be based, in part, on research
done by the students. The paper must explore the way in which people relate to their environment and
the various ways in which this interaction shapes and changes the social cultural, social and economic
organization as well as the environment which people use.
Grading
1 Midterm
Final Exam
Research Paper
Class Participation
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Human Evolution and Diversity, the validity of the concept of Race.
a. Kenneth M. Weiss Coming to terms with human variation
b. Matt Cartmill The Status of the Concept of Race in Physical Anthropology
c. Doug Jones Evolutionary Psychology
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Ecology, Adaptation Early Societies.
a. Yesner D. et al. Maritime Hunter-Gatherers: Ecology and
Prehistory
b. Whittaker, Robert. The Human Impact on Island Ecosystems
Evolution, the emergence and collapse.
a. Jeffrey Quilter, Terry Stocker Subsistence Economies and the
Origins of Andean Complex Societies
b. Jared Diamond Ecological Collapses of Past Civilization
c. Robert Costanza, et. al. Sustainability or Collapse: What Can We
Learn from Integrating the History of Humans and the Rest of
Nature?
Environmental Anthropology Past and Present
a. Rappaport, Roy Ritual Regulations of Environmental Relations
Among a New Guinea People.
b. Kottak, Conrad The New Ecological Anthropology
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Complexity, resilience and socio-ecological systems.
a. T. Abel and J. Stepp A New Ecosystems Ecology for Anthropology
b. Stephen R. Carpenter and Carl Folke Ecology for transformation
c. I. Scoones New Ecology and The Social Sciences: What Prospects for a Fruitful
Engagement?
Development, Sustainable Development and Deep Ecology
a. Michael Goldman; Rachel A. Schurman Closing the "Great Divide": New Social Theory on
Society and Nature
b. Stephanie Lahar Ecofeminist Theory and Grassroots Politics
c. Bronwyn James Is Ecofeminism Relevant?
The Environment and Social Conflict
a. Lomborg, Bjorn. The Real State of the World
b. David Pimentel Review: Exposition on Skepticism
Ecological Management
a. Rudolf S. de Groot et. al. The Dynamics and Value of Ecosystem
Services: Integrating Economic and Ecological Perspectives
b. Claire Kremen Managing ecosystem services: what do we need to
know about t heir ecology
Traditional Human Adaptations to marine environments
a. Mark Jamieson Ownership of Sea-Shrimp Production and
Perceptions of Economic Opportunity in a Nicaraguan Miskitu
Village
Oceans Problems and tribulations.
a. Empty Oceans.
Plans and Actions to save the Oceans.
a. Glover et.al. Defying Oceans End. An Agenda for Action Chapter 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 15
History of Science the Galápagos
a. Larson, Edward Evolutionary Workshop
The human impact on the Marine Resource and the Efforts to preserve the environment in
Galapagos
a. Heyling et. al. Participatory System in the Galapagos Marine Reserve
b. Watking and Cruz Galapagos at Risk
c. Bremmer and Perez A Case Study of Human Migration and the Sea Cucumber Crisis in
the Galapagos Islands.
Tourism, The Shaping of Galapagos as an Icon.
a. Diego Quiroga Presentation at AAA.
b. Jane Heslinga, J. D. Regulating Ecotourism In Galapagos: A case Study of Domestic
International Partnership.
Final