anthropopogy of environment

Anthropology of the Environment: This week we will have a 2 part assignment based on these two interactive on-line exhibits.
A. Rachel Carson”s Silent Spring:
http://www.environmentandsociety.org/exhibitions/rachel-carsons-silent-spring
Watch the first two minutes of the “Journal of Rachel Carson’s Legacy” by following the link in the exhibit chapter, “Silent Spring on Television.”
Then read/review the brief interactive chapters of this exhibit and answer the following questions:
The Power of a Book
Personal Attacks on Rachel Carson
Industrial and Agricultural Interests fight Back
The US Government Responds
Silent Spring: An International Best Seller
Legacy of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring
Questions:
Why was Rachel Carson called the mother of the Environmental Movement in America?
What do the various attacks against her and her theories tell us about the cultural beliefs and practices of post WWII America? Explain and reference.
What immediate and long-term impacts did “Silent Spring” have? Explain and reference.
B. The Anthropocene:
http://www.environmentandsociety.org/exhibitions/welcome-anthropocene
View the video in “About the Exhibition.” Then Read/review the following chapters for this exhibit:
Nature
Evolution
Anthropocene Milestones
Clock of the Long Now
Questions:
Define the term Anthropocene.
What historical events spurred the Anthropocene (reference)?
How has the Anthropocene changed our concept of space and time?
The Anthropocene has changed every aspect of our lives, including the natural environment, the extinction of flora and fauna, the foods we eat, even the evolutionary process. What do you theorize will be the ultimate and logical conclusion of this historic and geological epoch?

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