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cultural ecology [¦kəl·chər·əl ē′käl·ə·jē] (ecology) The branch of ecology that involves the study of the interaction of human societies with one another and with the natural environment. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Alkire contributes an overview of cultural ecology and ecological anthropology in Micronesia, calling for environmental anthropology's involvement as a path to addressing current and pressing environmental concerns in the region. According to John Bennett and Seena Kohl, anthropologists at Washington University in the United States and Webster University in Canada, it completes a series - under the rubric of the Saskatchewan Cultural Ecology Research Program - that includes Bennett's classic Northern Plainsmen: Adaptive Strategy and Agrarian Life (1969), and Kohl's valuable Working Together: Women and Family in Southwestern Saskatchewan (1976). For tropical, read a city and architecture tailor-made for its natural and cultural ecology. |
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