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What is the name of the oldest environmental humanities graduate program in America?
What is the name of the oldest environmental humanities graduate program in America?
- Center for Culture, History, and Environment
- Environmental Humanities Graduate Program at the University of Utah (correct)
- Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society
- The Center for Energy and Environmental Research in the Human Sciences
What is the primary goal of the environmental humanities?
What is the primary goal of the environmental humanities?
- To show the superiority of Western ways of relating to the natural world
- To create a new branch of natural sciences that focuses on the environment
- To develop new scientific methods for environmental research
- To address pressing environmental problems by employing humanistic questions about meaning, culture, values, ethics, and responsibilities (correct)
What is the primary focus of the environmental humanities?
What is the primary focus of the environmental humanities?
- Developing new literary genres
- Separating nature and culture
- Understanding humanity as part of a larger living system (correct)
- Studying the impact of environmental laws on human societies
What is a key feature of the environmental humanities in terms of its relationship with 'nature' and 'culture'?
What is a key feature of the environmental humanities in terms of its relationship with 'nature' and 'culture'?
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the environmental humanities?
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the environmental humanities?
What is the name of the journal that was founded in 2012, indicating the development of the field of environmental humanities?
What is the name of the journal that was founded in 2012, indicating the development of the field of environmental humanities?
What is the term used by a group of Australian researchers in the 1990s to describe their work in the field?
What is the term used by a group of Australian researchers in the 1990s to describe their work in the field?
What is the name of the international network of environmental humanities centers?
What is the name of the international network of environmental humanities centers?
What is the focus of the field of 'environmental justice'?
What is the focus of the field of 'environmental justice'?
What is a key characteristic of the environmental humanities in terms of its approach to environmental problems?
What is a key characteristic of the environmental humanities in terms of its approach to environmental problems?
What is the primary role of the environmental humanities in terms of bridging divides?
What is the primary role of the environmental humanities in terms of bridging divides?
What is the name of the concept that challenges the separation of 'nature' and 'culture'?
What is the name of the concept that challenges the separation of 'nature' and 'culture'?
What is the primary contribution of indigenous, postcolonial, and feminist thinkers to the environmental humanities?
What is the primary contribution of indigenous, postcolonial, and feminist thinkers to the environmental humanities?
When did the field of environmental humanities consolidate under this name?
When did the field of environmental humanities consolidate under this name?
On which continent are courses in environmental humanities NOT taught?
On which continent are courses in environmental humanities NOT taught?
What is a key methodological approach of the environmental humanities?
What is a key methodological approach of the environmental humanities?
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Definition and Scope of Environmental Humanities
- Interdisciplinary area of research combining environmental sub-disciplines in humanities
- Involves environmental literature, philosophy, history, science and technology studies, anthropology, and communication
- Addresses environmental problems through humanistic questions on meaning, culture, values, ethics, and responsibilities
Aim and Objectives
- Bridges traditional divides between sciences and humanities, as well as Western, Eastern, and Indigenous ways of relating to nature
- Resists the traditional divide between "nature" and "culture"
- Synthesizes methods from different fields to create new ways of thinking through environmental problems
Emergence and Development
- Concepts and ideas date back centuries, but consolidated under the name "environmental humanities" in the 2000s
- Developed from steady developments in humanities and social science fields in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s
- The term "ecological humanities" was used in the 1990s, with the field consolidating under "environmental humanities" around 2010
Institutional Development
- Journal Environmental Humanities founded in 2012, Resilience: A Journal of the Environmental Humanities in 2014
- Dozens of environmental humanities centers, programs, and institutions around the world
- Universities offer PhDs, Masters, graduate certificates, and Bachelor degrees in environmental humanities
Contributions from Diverse Perspectives
- Indigenous, postcolonial, and feminist thinkers have made major contributions
- Challenged human-centered viewpoints and introduced new concepts like "environmental justice," "environmental racism," and "the posthuman"
Connectivity Ontology
- Characterized by a connectivity ontology and commitment to ecological laws
- Sees humanity as part of a larger living system
- Views the organic world and its inorganic parts as a single system
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