A field notebook on cultural ecology
How people and landscapes shape one another
Eleven short readings on cultural ecology and anthropology. Start with these three.
01
Cultural Ecology
Barely a hundred years old: the study of how a society adapts to its environment.
02
Cultural ecology theory in brief
Julian Steward's idea that environment shapes how cultures develop - explained in a few minutes.
03
Cultural Ecology Anthropology
How the field became a branch of anthropology in the 1950s with The Theory of Culture Change.
Theory and thinkers
Ideas behind the field
In the field
Ecology on the ground
Land, species and the choices that change a landscape.
Topics of Ecology
Organisms, habitats and the physical environment - the main branches of ecology.
Ecological Land Classification
How forests and wetlands are mapped by landform, soil, water, climate and vegetation.
Ecological Interactions
The network of influences species have on one another, from one-way to two-way effects.
Ecology and the Cultural Landscape
Why environmentally conscious choices change the landscape people live in.