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Cultural ecology

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Course ID: WF-OB-EKK
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Course title: Cultural ecology
Name in Polish: Ekologia kulturowa
Organizational unit: Center for Ecology and Ecophilosophy
Course groups: (in Polish) Przedmioty obowiązkowe dla 2 roku Ochrony Środowiska ZARZĄDZANIE
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): 0 OR 3.00 (depends on study program) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles:
  • the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS;
  • the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h;
  • 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes;
  • weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS;
  • work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.
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Language: Polish
Learning outcome code/codes:

OB1_W07

OB1_W09

OB1_W18

OB1_U13

OB1_K02
Short description:

Seminar entitled "Cultural Ecology" aims to show the extremely complex and in many ways conditioned the relationship between nature and culture. These relations will be presented on the example of the formation of human communities with particular emphasis on the impact on them from environmental factors.
Full description:

The course will present the following topics:

1. Ecological aspect of nature-culture relation (4 hours)

1.1. Culture and ecology

1.2. Basis of cultural ecology

1.3. Lessons form a prehistoric "Eden"

1.4. Attitudes toward the Environment

2. From Eden to Cajamarca (4 hours)

2.1. What happened on all the continents before 11,000 B.C.?

2.2. How geography molded societies on Polynesian islands?

2.3. Why the Inca emperor Atahuallpa did not capture King Charles I of Spain

3. History of food production (6 hours)

3.1. The roots of guns, germs and steel

3.2. Geographic differences in the onset food production

3.3. Causes of spread of food production

3.4. The unconscious development of ancient crops

3.5. Why did peoples of some regions fail to domesticate plants?

3.6. Why were most big wild mammal species never domesticated?

3.7. Why did food production spread at different rates on different continents?

4. Cultural adaptive strategies (16 hours)

4.1. Foraging amd Hunting

4.2. Pastoralism

4.3. Horticulture
Bibliography:

BATES D. G., Human Adaptive Strategies. Ecology, Culture and Politics, Allyn and Bacon: London - Boston 1998. [chapt. 3-5; pp. 44-110]

DIAMOND J., Strzelby, zarazki, maszyny. Losy ludzkich społeczeństw [Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies], transl. M. Konarzewski, Prószyński i S-ka: Warszawa 2000. [chapt. 1-9; pp. 33-218]

HART, T. B., HART, J. A., The Ecological Basis of Hunter-Gatherer Subsistence in African Rain Forests: The Mbuti of Eastern Zaire [in:] D. G. BATES, S. H. LEES (ed.), Case Studies in Human Ecology, Plenum Press: New York - London 1996, pp. 55-83.

MILTON K., Environmentalism and Cultural Theory. Exploring the Role of Anthropology in Environmental Discourse, Routledge: London - New York 1999. [chapt. 2; pp. 37-68]

REDMAN Ch. L., Human Impact on Ancient Environments, University of Arizona Press: Tucson 1999. [chapt. 1-5; pp. 3-126]

ROSS E. B., Food Taboos, Diet, and Hunting Strategy. The Adaptation of Animals in Amazon Cultural Ecology, "Current Anthropology" 19(1978)1, pp. 1-36.

SADOWSKI R. F., Ewolucja poglądów Juliana Haynesa Stewarda na temat ekologii kulturowej [Evoluton of Julian Haynes Steward's Concept of Cultural Ecology], „Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae” 5(2007), pp. 61-73.

SADOWSKI R. F., The Role of Cultural Ecology in Environmental Studies, [in:] R. F. Sadowski, J. Tomczyk (eds), A Holistic Approach to Environment Conservation, Wydawnictwo UKSW: Warszawa 2008, pp. 41-62

SADOWSKI R. F., Źródła antropologii Juliana Haynesa Stewarda [Sources of Julian Haynes Steward's Anthropology], „Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae” 4(2006), pp. 49-60.

STEWARD, J. H., Theory of Culture Change, University of Illinois Press: Urbana - Chicago 1972. [chapt. 2; pp. 30-42]

SUTTON M. Q., ANDERSON E. N., Introduction to cultural ecology, AltaMira Press: New York - Oxford 2004. [chapt. 5, 7-8; pp. 125-167, pp. 187-249]
Efekty kształcenia i opis ECTS:

KNOWLEDGE:

The student knows the role and importance of the natural environment for human functioning; knows and understands the relationship between the environment and human health, culture and legal and economic conditions;

The student describes the problems of civilization threats on a global, regional and local scale as well as sustainable development.

SKILLS:

The student puts correct hypotheses regarding the causes of the emerging situations / threats based on logical premises;

The student uses the basic level of literature in a foreign language (English).

COMPETENCES:

The student demonstrates understanding of the necessity of following the principles of sustainable development, including rational management of environmental resources on a local, regional and global scale.

The student is open to further education in the field of problems presented during classes.

ECTS [1 ECTS = 30 (25) hours]:

participation in classes: 30 hours

reading texts: 10 hours

e-learning exercises: 8 hours

preparation for the exam: 10 hours

consultations: 2 hours

Total hours (average): 60 [60/30 (25) = 2]

ECTS number: 2
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:

KNOWLEDGE:

Grade 2 (ndst): the student does not know the role and importance of the natural environment for human functioning; does not know and does not understand the relationship between the environment and human health, culture and legal and economic conditions; moreover, he cannot describe civilization threats on a global, regional and local scale as well as sustainable development.

Grade 3 (dst): the student knows to a limited extent the role and importance of the natural environment for human functioning; similarly, to a limited extent, he knows and understands the relationship between the environment and human health, culture and legal and economic conditions; moreover, it correctly describes only some problems of civilization threats on a global, regional and local scale as well as sustainable development.

Grade 4 (db): the student knows the role and importance of the natural environment for human functioning; knows and understands the relationship between the environment and human health, culture and legal and economic conditions; moreover, he properly describes the problems of civilization threats on a global, regional and local scale as well as sustainable development.

Grade 5 (very good): the student knows the role and importance of the natural environment for human functioning, he also knows and understands the relationship between the environment and human health, culture and legal and economic conditions; moreover, it perfectly describes the problems of civilization threats on a global, regional and local scale as well as sustainable development.

SKILLS:

Grade 2 (ndst): the student does not make correct, based on logical premises, hypotheses regarding the causes of ecological situations / threats; does not even use the basic level of literature in a foreign language (English).

Grade 3 (dst): the student adequately puts, based on logical premises, correct hypotheses regarding the causes of ecological situations / threats; moreover, she is sufficiently using the basic level of literature in a foreign language (English).

Grade 4 (db): the student properly puts, based on logical premises, correct hypotheses regarding the causes of ecological situations / threats; in addition, he is good at the basic level of literature in a foreign language (English).

Grade 5 (very good): the student puts very well, based on logical premises, correct hypotheses regarding the causes of ecological situations / threats; besides, he is fluent in the foreign language (English) literature at the basic level.

COMPETENCES:

Grade 2 (ndst): the student does not show understanding of the necessity of following the principles of sustainable development, including rational management of environmental resources on a local, regional and global scale; it is also not open to further education in the field of problems presented during classes.

Grade 3 (dst): the student to a limited extent shows understanding of the necessity of following the principles of sustainable development, including rational management of environmental resources on a local, regional and global scale; is open to further education in the field of issues presented during classes.

Grade 4 (db): the student demonstrates understanding for the necessity of following the principles of sustainable development, including rational management of environmental resources on a local, regional and global scale; he is often open to further education in the field of problems presented during classes.

Grade 5 (very good): the student demonstrates understanding for the necessity of following the principles of sustainable development, including rational management of environmental resources on a local, regional and global scale; in addition, it is very open to further education in the field of issues presented in class.

The final grade consists of:

1. attendance (1/4)

missed 1 class - 5.0

missed 2 classes - 4.5

missed 3-4 classes - 4.0

missed 5-6 classes - 3.5

missed 7-8 classes - 3.0

missed above 8 classes - 2.0

2. evaluation of e-learning exercises (1/4)

3. evaluation of written colloquium as part of the final examination (2/4)

The final grade is the weighted average of the grade from attendance (25%), e-learning exercises (25%) and the final exam grade (50%).

Classes in period "Winter semester 2021/22" (past)

Time span: 2021-10-01 - 2022-01-31
Selected timetable range:
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Type of class:
Lectures, 30 hours, 25 places more information
Coordinators: Ryszard Sadowski
Group instructors: Ryszard Sadowski
Course homepage: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/team/19%3a1fc59bffabd5469caed23bd7e461dbfc%40thread.tacv2/conversations?groupId=4c9e307e-2825-4ffe-820b-0ebc50d93352&tenantId=12578430-c51b-4816-8163-c7281035b9b3
Students list: (inaccessible to you)
Examination: Course - graded credit
Lectures - graded credit
(in Polish) E-Learning:

(in Polish) E-Learning (pełny kurs) z podziałem na grupy
Short description:

Seminar entitled "Cultural Ecology" aims to show the extremely complex and in many ways conditioned the relationship between nature and culture. These relations will be presented on the example of the formation of human communities with particular emphasis on the impact on them from environmental factors.
Full description:

The course will present the following topics:

1. Ecological aspect of nature-culture relation (4 hours)

1.1. Culture and ecology

1.2. Basis of cultural ecology

1.3. Lessons form a prehistoric "Eden"

1.4. Attitudes toward the Environment

2. From Eden to Cajamarca (4 hours)

2.1. What happened on all the continents before 11,000 B.C.?

2.2. How geography molded societies on Polynesian islands?

2.3. Why the Inca emperor Atahuallpa did not capture King Charles I of Spain

3. History of food production (6 hours)

3.1. The roots of guns, germs and steel

3.2. Geographic differences in the onset food production

3.3. Causes of spread of food production

3.4. The unconscious development of ancient crops

3.5. Why did peoples of some regions fail to domesticate plants?

3.6. Why were most big wild mammal species never domesticated?

3.7. Why did food production spread at different rates on different continents?

4. Cultural adaptive strategies (16 hours)

4.1. Foraging and Hunting

4.2. Pastoralism

4.3. Horticulture
Bibliography:

BATES D. G., Human Adaptive Strategies. Ecology, Culture and Politics, Allyn and Bacon: London - Boston 1998. [chapt. 3-5; pp. 44-110]

DIAMOND J., Strzelby, zarazki, maszyny. Losy ludzkich społeczeństw [Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies], transl. M. Konarzewski, Prószyński i S-ka: Warszawa 2000. [chapt. 1-9; pp. 33-218]

HART, T. B., HART, J. A., The Ecological Basis of Hunter-Gatherer Subsistence in African Rain Forests: The Mbuti of Eastern Zaire [in:] D. G. BATES, S. H. LEES (ed.), Case Studies in Human Ecology, Plenum Press: New York - London 1996, pp. 55-83.

MILTON K., Environmentalism and Cultural Theory. Exploring the Role of Anthropology in Environmental Discourse, Routledge: London - New York 1999. [chapt. 2; pp. 37-68]

REDMAN Ch. L., Human Impact on Ancient Environments, University of Arizona Press: Tucson 1999. [chapt. 1-5; pp. 3-126]

ROSS E. B., Food Taboos, Diet, and Hunting Strategy. The Adaptation of Animals in Amazon Cultural Ecology, "Current Anthropology" 19(1978)1, pp. 1-36.

SADOWSKI R. F., Ewolucja poglądów Juliana Haynesa Stewarda na temat ekologii kulturowej [Evoluton of Julian Haynes 8Steward's Concept of Cultural Ecology], „Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae” 5(2007), pp. 61-73.

SADOWSKI R. F., The Role of Cultural Ecology in Environmental Studies, [in:] R. F. Sadowski, J. Tomczyk (eds), A Holistic Approach to Environment Conservation, Wydawnictwo UKSW: Warszawa 2008, pp. 41-62

SADOWSKI R. F., Źródła antropologii Juliana Haynesa Stewarda [Sources of Julian Haynes Steward's Anthropology], „Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae” 4(2006), pp. 49-60.

STEWARD, J. H., Theory of Culture Change, University of Illinois Press: Urbana - Chicago 1972. [chapt. 2; pp. 30-42]

SUTTON M. Q., ANDERSON E. N., Introduction to cultural ecology, AltaMira Press: New York - Oxford 2004. [chapt. 5, 7-8; pp. 125-167, pp. 187-249]

Classes in period "Winter semester 2022/23" (past)

Time span: 2022-10-01 - 2023-01-31
Selected timetable range:
Navigate to timetable
Type of class:
Lectures, 30 hours, 25 places more information
Coordinators: Ryszard Sadowski
Group instructors: Ryszard Sadowski
Course homepage: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/team/19%3a1fc59bffabd5469caed23bd7e461dbfc%40thread.tacv2/conversations?groupId=4c9e307e-2825-4ffe-820b-0ebc50d93352&tenantId=12578430-c51b-4816-8163-c7281035b9b3
Students list: (inaccessible to you)
Examination: Course - graded credit
Lectures - graded credit
(in Polish) E-Learning:

(in Polish) E-Learning (pełny kurs) z podziałem na grupy
Short description:

Seminar entitled "Cultural Ecology" aims to show the extremely complex and in many ways conditioned the relationship between nature and culture. These relations will be presented on the example of the formation of human communities with particular emphasis on the impact on them from environmental factors.
Full description:

The course will present the following topics:

1. Ecological aspect of nature-culture relation (4 hours)

1.1. Culture and ecology

1.2. Basis of cultural ecology

1.3. Lessons form a prehistoric "Eden"

1.4. Attitudes toward the Environment

2. From Eden to Cajamarca (4 hours)

2.1. What happened on all the continents before 11,000 B.C.?

2.2. How geography molded societies on Polynesian islands?

2.3. Why the Inca emperor Atahuallpa did not capture King Charles I of Spain

3. History of food production (6 hours)

3.1. The roots of guns, germs and steel

3.2. Geographic differences in the onset food production

3.3. Causes of spread of food production

3.4. The unconscious development of ancient crops

3.5. Why did peoples of some regions fail to domesticate plants?

3.6. Why were most big wild mammal species never domesticated?

3.7. Why did food production spread at different rates on different continents?

4. Cultural adaptive strategies (16 hours)

4.1. Foraging and Hunting

4.2. Pastoralism

4.3. Horticulture
Bibliography:

BATES D. G., Human Adaptive Strategies. Ecology, Culture and Politics, Allyn and Bacon: London - Boston 1998. [chapt. 3-5; pp. 44-110]

DIAMOND J., Strzelby, zarazki, maszyny. Losy ludzkich społeczeństw [Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies], transl. M. Konarzewski, Prószyński i S-ka: Warszawa 2000. [chapt. 1-9; pp. 33-218]

HART, T. B., HART, J. A., The Ecological Basis of Hunter-Gatherer Subsistence in African Rain Forests: The Mbuti of Eastern Zaire [in:] D. G. BATES, S. H. LEES (ed.), Case Studies in Human Ecology, Plenum Press: New York - London 1996, pp. 55-83.

MILTON K., Environmentalism and Cultural Theory. Exploring the Role of Anthropology in Environmental Discourse, Routledge: London - New York 1999. [chapt. 2; pp. 37-68]

REDMAN Ch. L., Human Impact on Ancient Environments, University of Arizona Press: Tucson 1999. [chapt. 1-5; pp. 3-126]

ROSS E. B., Food Taboos, Diet, and Hunting Strategy. The Adaptation of Animals in Amazon Cultural Ecology, "Current Anthropology" 19(1978)1, pp. 1-36.

SADOWSKI R. F., Ewolucja poglądów Juliana Haynesa Stewarda na temat ekologii kulturowej [Evoluton of Julian Haynes 8Steward's Concept of Cultural Ecology], „Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae” 5(2007), pp. 61-73.

SADOWSKI R. F., The Role of Cultural Ecology in Environmental Studies, [in:] R. F. Sadowski, J. Tomczyk (eds), A Holistic Approach to Environment Conservation, Wydawnictwo UKSW: Warszawa 2008, pp. 41-62

SADOWSKI R. F., Źródła antropologii Juliana Haynesa Stewarda [Sources of Julian Haynes Steward's Anthropology], „Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae” 4(2006), pp. 49-60.

STEWARD, J. H., Theory of Culture Change, University of Illinois Press: Urbana - Chicago 1972. [chapt. 2; pp. 30-42]

SUTTON M. Q., ANDERSON E. N., Introduction to cultural ecology, AltaMira Press: New York - Oxford 2004. [chapt. 5, 7-8; pp. 125-167, pp. 187-249]

Classes in period "Winter semester 2023/24" (past)

Time span: 2023-10-01 - 2024-01-31
Selected timetable range:
Navigate to timetable
Type of class:
Lectures, 30 hours, 25 places more information
Coordinators: Ryszard Sadowski
Group instructors: Ryszard Sadowski
Course homepage: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/team/19%3a1fc59bffabd5469caed23bd7e461dbfc%40thread.tacv2/conversations?groupId=4c9e307e-2825-4ffe-820b-0ebc50d93352&tenantId=12578430-c51b-4816-8163-c7281035b9b3
Students list: (inaccessible to you)
Examination: Course - graded credit
Lectures - graded credit
(in Polish) E-Learning:

(in Polish) E-Learning (pełny kurs) z podziałem na grupy
Type of subject:

obligatory
(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych:

(in Polish) nie dotyczy
Short description:

Seminar entitled "Cultural Ecology" aims to show the extremely complex and in many ways conditioned the relationship between nature and culture. These relations will be presented on the example of the formation of human communities with particular emphasis on the impact on them from environmental factors.
Full description:

The course will present the following topics:

1. Ecological aspect of nature-culture relation (4 hours)

1.1. Culture and ecology

1.2. Basis of cultural ecology

1.3. Lessons form a prehistoric "Eden"

1.4. Attitudes toward the Environment

2. From Eden to Cajamarca (4 hours)

2.1. What happened on all the continents before 11,000 B.C.?

2.2. How geography molded societies on Polynesian islands?

2.3. Why the Inca emperor Atahuallpa did not capture King Charles I of Spain

3. History of food production (6 hours)

3.1. The roots of guns, germs and steel

3.2. Geographic differences in the onset food production

3.3. Causes of spread of food production

3.4. The unconscious development of ancient crops

3.5. Why did peoples of some regions fail to domesticate plants?

3.6. Why were most big wild mammal species never domesticated?

3.7. Why did food production spread at different rates on different continents?

4. Cultural adaptive strategies (16 hours)

4.1. Foraging and Hunting

4.2. Pastoralism

4.3. Horticulture
Bibliography:

BATES D. G., Human Adaptive Strategies. Ecology, Culture and Politics, Allyn and Bacon: London - Boston 1998. [chapt. 3-5; pp. 44-110]

DIAMOND J., Strzelby, zarazki, maszyny. Losy ludzkich społeczeństw [Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies], transl. M. Konarzewski, Prószyński i S-ka: Warszawa 2000. [chapt. 1-9; pp. 33-218]

HART, T. B., HART, J. A., The Ecological Basis of Hunter-Gatherer Subsistence in African Rain Forests: The Mbuti of Eastern Zaire [in:] D. G. BATES, S. H. LEES (ed.), Case Studies in Human Ecology, Plenum Press: New York - London 1996, pp. 55-83.

MILTON K., Environmentalism and Cultural Theory. Exploring the Role of Anthropology in Environmental Discourse, Routledge: London - New York 1999. [chapt. 2; pp. 37-68]

REDMAN Ch. L., Human Impact on Ancient Environments, University of Arizona Press: Tucson 1999. [chapt. 1-5; pp. 3-126]

ROSS E. B., Food Taboos, Diet, and Hunting Strategy. The Adaptation of Animals in Amazon Cultural Ecology, "Current Anthropology" 19(1978)1, pp. 1-36.

SADOWSKI R. F., Ewolucja poglądów Juliana Haynesa Stewarda na temat ekologii kulturowej [Evoluton of Julian Haynes 8Steward's Concept of Cultural Ecology], „Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae” 5(2007), pp. 61-73.

SADOWSKI R. F., The Role of Cultural Ecology in Environmental Studies, [in:] R. F. Sadowski, J. Tomczyk (eds), A Holistic Approach to Environment Conservation, Wydawnictwo UKSW: Warszawa 2008, pp. 41-62

SADOWSKI R. F., Źródła antropologii Juliana Haynesa Stewarda [Sources of Julian Haynes Steward's Anthropology], „Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae” 4(2006), pp. 49-60.

STEWARD, J. H., Theory of Culture Change, University of Illinois Press: Urbana - Chicago 1972. [chapt. 2; pp. 30-42]

SUTTON M. Q., ANDERSON E. N., Introduction to cultural ecology, AltaMira Press: New York - Oxford 2004. [chapt. 5, 7-8; pp. 125-167, pp. 187-249]
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