ANTH 208 - Nomadic Pastoralism in the Past and the Present

This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
East Asian Studies
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full
Credits: 4 Credits
Attribute: 4 SS

Nomadic pastoralism is a ‘third way’ of human subsistence separate from farming or foraging. A sustainable human adaptation to grassland environments practiced through particular technologies and multi-species relationships. We will focus on the anthropology of mobility and the diets, human ecology and social organizations that emerge from pastoralist ways of life. Modern, ethnohistorical and archaeological case studies will be approached through ethnographic texts and films and will include examples from Mongolia, Northern Africa, the Middle East, and North America.
Enrollment Limit: 25
Instructor: J. Wright