Being an Elk River Ethnographer

In the Elk River Spill anthropologist Luke Lassiter did not at first think that this catastrophe was something he would study. In fact, he was slow to understand its implications He only came around slowly and still he did not use all 12 planks of the Anthropology Dozen (see your syllabus and this week’s lecture). In this discussion imagine that you were in Luke Lassiter’s shoes, only it’s you as an environmental anthropologist, today (with what you are learning). Select three of the anthropology Dozen (it’s your choice which to select) and expand how you will employ them and speculate on what information you will find. Be detailed

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