What is ESPM 50AC?
This course explores historical and contemporary experiences of African Americans, Native Americans, European Americans, Asian Americans, and Latinos in relation to natural resources. We start with the contention that natural resource management is premised upon historically and culturally distinct relationships between humans and nature, and associated social and economic systems. These, in turn, are conditioned by struggles between individuals and groups over access to and control of land, water and other resources. We focus on political economy, property, ecology, identity, representation and narrative to investigate complex relationships between humans and nature, and how these have influenced urban and rural social life and landscapes. For instance, we examine how racial difference has shaped American Indian rights to and management of forest resources and in northern California, Chinese American access to farmland in the California Delta, social and environmental histories in the East Bay, and divergent experiences of New Orleans residents before, during and after Hurricane Katrina.
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