ANTHS21
Economic Ecologies: Anthropology, Digital Humanities, and Climate Change in the North Atlantic
Anthropology
BC
Subject code
ANTH
Course Number
S21
Department(s)
Course Long Title
Economic Ecologies: Anthropology, Digital Humanities, and Climate Change in the North Atlantic
Description
This course provides a multidisciplinary introduction to the north of Iceland as a unique site to explore culture and nature from the medieval era to the present. Students examine local knowledges and folklore to better understand the rapidly changing climate. They investigate how locals work with global scholars to document and better understand humans’ relationship to the natural world, using interdisciplinary tools from climate and social sciences, medieval and premodern studies, and digital media studies. Students apply what they learn by documenting the cultural and economic ecologies around them at Bates and in Maine through ethnographic and digital humanities methods. Recommended background: prior coursework in anthropology and/or environmental studies.