WEEK 10 ~ LECTURE "Climate Ethnography" Flashcards
Video w. Julia Roberts was by
Conservation International
One of board members of Conservation International is also
Int. Arms Dealer
Economic value assigned to environmental services is
bullshit
(Zerner) What does “counting animals” do?
Disempowers the relation between people and animals
What is sustainability?
Nobody knows. Asia doesn’t know. West certainly doesn’t know.
The “win-win” solution for Malaysian rainforests had one oversight …
The Pinan (who were the poster people for the campaign to start)
Attempts to manage 3rd world have become (4 points)
- globalized 2. institutionalized 3. bureaucratized 4. professionalized
The new word for “nature” is
“environment”
Environment is …
domain of intervention
Environmental knowledge =
imposition of meaning
5 characteristics of institutionalization
- urgency 2. technical over political 3. diversity of options are lost 4. fluid, unstable enviro definitions become fixed (like “sustainable” or “indigenous”) 5. Local issues become global problems
(presentation) - What is an “indirect investment”?
Victoria College owns land / profits from an oil well on Vic land / Vic College invests in Air Canada too
(presentation) Students = emotional … therefore …
Admin = pragmatic
(presentation) - moral/emotional (JUSTICE!) VS.
financial / optical
(presentation) If we sell the oil well …
fewer will have bursaries. And people need bursaries to “save the world” (“indirect investment” in change).
