Chapter 1: History & Theory Flashcards
Resurrecting the auroch
- Last auroch died in Poland, 1627
- Extinct ancestors of domestic cattle
- “the original genius cow”
- 1930 Lutz and Heinz Heck attempted to resurrect aurochs with back-breeding
- Resurrection biology/species revivalism
- Stephen Park sequenced the first auroch genome sequence in 2015
- De-extinction and rewilding
What are Environmental Humanities?
-Debates such as those of resurrecting the auroch
- Demands that people from a wide range of disciplines listen to on another, participate in lively dialogue, and contribute ideas to the decision making process
Cross-disciplinary
viewing a discipline from the perspective of another
Multidisciplinary
various disciplines working together toward a common goal
Interdisciplinary
blending knowledge from numerous disciplines within the scope of a single project
Transdisciplinary
melding perspectives to the extent that individual disciplinary stances seem to almost vanish
What percentage of mammals, fish, and reptiles have humans wiped out since 1970?
60%
What is the worlds rarest animal and how many are left?
The vaquita porpoise, less than thirty
What are the 3 characteristics of EH?
Discipline crossing
Boundary defying
Policy focused
Environment
physical surroundings of an organism as well as a concept that links the local and regional to the planetary
Landscape
a natural environment that humans have transformed resulting in scenic views
More-than-human
- a world that is more than the home of human beings
- an ethical concept that is prominent in animal studies and environmental law
Nature
a philosophical principle referring to elements of the natural environment
Natural World
the natural environment as a whole, including organisms and their surroundings
Non-human
An entity that possesses some human qualities such as the ability to communicate and respond to stimuli
Other-than-human
Subjects of study with will and determination but who are not human
What does the Chinese practice of landscape painting (shan shui) translate to?
mountains and water
Wang Jian
17th century artist whose works were about the integration and synthesis of nature and culture
When did Western science separate humans from nature?
the 17th century
What was the goal of the Rio Conference of 1992?
- it aimed to balance environmental protection and economical development
- inspired by and helped integrate decades of scholarship on Indigenous culture, humanistic revaluations of nature, and religious and artistic understandings of environment
What is “greening of the humanities”?
Highlighting a trend toward greater environmental consciousness in teaching and studying arts, humanities, and social sciences
What does it mean to dehumanize the humanities?
Return emphasis to the natural world and human-environment relations
What does the Clock of the Long Now in Texas want to highlight?
The far reaching consequences of our decisions
What was the first nation to recognized the rights of nature in their constitution?
Ecuador, 2008
Where has environmentally friendly design been compulsory since 2008?
Singapore
What is ecotourism and where is its most popular destination?
-Tourism that is more sensitive to the social, cultural, and ecological features of a destination
- Antarctica
