Talk:Ecological anthropology

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Untitled
can the person who made all the citations in the first paragraph please make a source section? Thanks Bingbong

Compiling Notes & Links for Expansion
Herwith, initial growing, arranged compilation of notes for proposed expansion:


 * Abel, Tom (1998) "Complex Adaptive Systems, Evolutionism, and Ecology within Anthropology: Interdisciplinary Research for Understanding Cultural and Ecological Dynamics" Georgia Journal of Ecological Anthropology. Vol 2 Accessed 8 August 2009


 * Abel, Thomas & Stepp, John Richard (2003) "A New Ecosystems Ecology for Anthropology" Ecology and Society Vol 7. No.3 Accessed 8 August 2009
 * Brockington, Dan (2004) "Book Review: Contested Nature: Promoting International Biodiversity with Social Justice in the Twenty-First Century" Journal of Ecological Anthropology Vol. 8 Accessed 8 August 2009


 * Cashdan, Elizabeth (1983) "Territoriality Among Human Foargers and an application to four bushman groups" Current Anthropology Vol 27 1: 47-66 Accessed 8 August 2009


 * Kottack, Conrad P (1999) "The new ecological anthropology" American Athropologist Vol 101 Accessed 8 August 2009

Bruceanthro (talk) 17:47, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

Merge Holism in ecological anthropology
The above orphaned, unreferenced article apparently referring to a concept fundamental to ecological anthropology, oought be merged into this ecological anthropology article (as well as verified and referenced etc) .. as part of overall expansion of the ecological anthropolgy article. Agreed? Any concerns?? Bruceanthro (talk) 00:11, 9 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Agreed. I don't see any rationale for keeping the two separate, especially since both are stubs. Then again I have skepticism that this field exists at all. Nursethisviper (talk) 07:29, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Geography?
Could someone explain what the difference is between ecological anthropology and human geography? If I had to define human geography I would basically give the exact same definition as this article uses for ecological anthropology. This is especially true given this field's focus on "time and space", which has always been the hallmark of geography. 96.244.8.13 (talk) 07:23, 2 December 2009 (UTC) EDIT: I accidentally posted the above when not signed in. Nursethisviper (talk) 07:29, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Relation to Environmental anthropology?
What is the relation between the topic of this article and Environmental anthropology? Should the two articles be merged? DA Sonnenfeld (talk) 23:39, 6 November 2011 (UTC)


 * The article still does not make clear the distinction between Ecological anthropology and Environmental anthropology. Throw in ethnoecology as well. Thanks, DA Sonnenfeld (talk) 03:04, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

Article Expansion, Source Additions, and Addressing Some Talk Page Comments
I plan to expand the article of Ecological Anthropology by utilizing the Mount Allison University journal data base to locate relevant academic materials. I have already found many articles on this subject of Ecological Anthropology to assist in this task. Not only do I plan on adding to the existing content of the article but I will be adding a section covering the criticisms of the approach. The next task is to address some of the concerns voiced over the ecological anthropology article. Geography and Anthropology are both disciplines in the social sciences. Contemporary geography tends to be divided into two different but related disciplines, human and physical, and in turn each has their own sub-disciplines. Contemporary human geography “includes revitalized regional and landscape approaches, takes an ongoing interest in spatial analysis, is increasingly concerned with applied issues in the global context, and has a continually expanding technological component”. The discipline of geography has evolved over time to its current form and continues to change as you read this. The discipline of Anthropology has evolved over time as well and has been divided and sub divided in a similar fashion. Ecological Anthropology is defined as the study of cultural adaptations to environments. Another extended definition of ecological anthropology (cultural ecology) is as “that field focused on how cultural beliefs and practices helped human populations adapt to their environments and how people used elements of their culture to maintain their ecosystems”. In terms of Human Geography and Ecological Anthropology there are many similarities between each discipline. Both are concerned with the Human/Environment relationship but each approach the subject differently. The spatial component of geography is what separates it from anthropology and anthropology is concerned primarily with human species and ancestors. Both may share similar aspects like many other interdisciplinary social science disciplines but they are not so similar to be considered the same. Ecological Anthropology and Environmental Anthropology are related and may justify merging the two articles in some respect but there is also some justification in keeping them separate. This is due to the fact that today, Ecological Anthropology is considered Environmental Anthropology, and its goal is to not only understand but to help find solutions to environmental problems. The disciplines of Environmental Anthropology and Ecological Anthropology are the same in terms of evolution of the discipline because one evolved from critiques of the other in addressing an increasing globalized world. The two approaches are different and remain separate in Anthropology textbooks but once the field’s evolution is presented one becomes aware of their difference yet aware also of their commonality. Shawn McEachern (talk) 03:11, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

Environment and Society Peer Review
I have added this section in hopes of receiving some peer reviews and suggestions on how to improve upon this article via my fellow students from the Environment and Society course. If I do not receive any feed back soon, due to the end of the semester approaching, I will work to improve upon what I have already completed. I look forward to hopefully receiving some feed back, thanks. Shawn McEachern (talk) 16:24, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

Time is running short and the peer reviews/edits were to have been completed by now. I have run out of time to contribute to this article/exercise but I may add more to the article during the summer months to keep my mind active. To the two individuals that signed up to do peer reviews of my article I have given you notice above this entry that your efforts were needed in order to complete this exercise for this class. However, since no efforts have been made after the previous post I will most likely not consider any material you submit after today due to the time constraints I am facing during this busy time of year. I understand that you both are busy as well and I wish you luck in the rest of your year. Cheers! Shawn McEachern (talk) 14:13, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

Very sorry not to have replied promptly. The revisions you made have been very effective, particularly the addition of needed citations. If you have time after the semester ends it would be interesting to find some case studies of work done in the field of ecological anthropology. Additionally, the criticism section could be expanded in a similar manner with particular examples. Mpdowne (talk) 18:15, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

Longer lead; More contents; Fluidity; External links; References
This is written by a student studying anthropology and as a Wikipedia training assignment in a WikiEdu course about long-term environmental change. Please let me know if any part of my evaluation seems improper. I would like to suggest some possible improvements for this article. First, though the current lead section do provide a concise introduction of the topic, it does not give enough summary of important contents written in this wiki article. The lead section can be a bit longer and more in detail than it is now. Second, this article can be improved by adding contents that can be found in its references and external links. I can see that the authors added some more references and external links after the talk discussions. However, it would be a lot better if the main contents in that references and links are directly added to this wiki article, since it seems like there are a plenty of important contents missing in this wiki article. The one issue I find in many wiki articles is that though they do show rich contents that can be approached via numerous web links, in many times that external sources are challenging to follow due to overwhelming amounts or yet disorganized contents in their link pages. One of a well-written Wikipedia article's main strengths may be providing detailed information in a concise and common structure and a digestive amount of contents in a single wiki page, and I look forward to this article getting more closer to that. Third, I can see that the authors and discussants involved in this article are concerned about overlapping concepts and ambiguous differences between ecological anthropology and other fields. As far as I am concerned, though ecological anthropology has been developed like an rigid sub-field of anthropology at its early stage, it is a fluid field that cannot and should not be explained by limited definitions. As a lot of sub-fields of various disciplines have flexible boundaries and are composed of theories and methods that go beyond a certain category, thoughts, goals, applications, or future directions of ecological anthropology are all flexible in many ways. In this manner, sections "Universities with ecological anthropology programs" and "See also" can add more university programs and other fields/concepts. Fourth, it needs more references. As described, ecological anthropology today can be considered as a much more fluid sub-field or an overarching thought that a lot of anthropological studies deal with. And a lot of inter-/trans-disciplinary studies, either including an anthropologist or not, may involve certain aspects of ecological anthropology. Thus, numerous references can be added. Lastly, the two of the three external links are not working: Online Journal of Ecological Anthropology, University of South Florida; Open Access Journal entitled "Ecological and Environmental Anthropology." This open access journals can provide how discourses of ecological anthropology and related studies are going on these days, therefore, would better be checked. Thanks, Hyunsoo Lee (talk) 11:43, 25 April 2017 (UTC)

I noticed that User Hyunsoo Lee had already made a lot of comments regarding the lead page. However, I would like to add a few comments to this section. Firstly, I would like to say that the language in this article is professional. Secondly, although you attempted to define "Ecological Anthropology" it might be more helpful to define the term more thoroughly. I also noticed that you paid a lot of attention to the history of this field rather than defining it and explain deeply what it is about. I also think that it is interesting and I appreciate that you have a list of universities that offer Ecological Anthropology. I also noticed that although the title of your article is "Ecological Anthropology" your focus was mostly the history aspect of this topic while only briefly summarized and defined the two terms: ecology and anthropology. I suggest that you do a more thorough read of your scholarly sources and make additional inputs as necessary.Tang Thao (talk) 02:50, 9 November 2017 (UTC)

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Suggestions for Article Expansion and Deletion
After reading through the "Criticisms" section of the article, I feel that this section might not be relevant to the topic and can distract the readers from the main points that you are trying to express. Unlike many other articles, I do not think this articles presents any controversial topics; therefore I suggest that rather than incorporating a section dedicated to historical criticisms about Ecological Anthropology, it might be more helpful to create new sections that provide more important information relevant to this topic, such as recent research in this area and how it affects the current environment and our understanding of the subject. However,if you decide to keep this section as is, I suggest that you add another section in which you can discuss why this field can be useful or requires more attention from reseachers. Tang Thao (talk) 03:40, 9 November 2017 (UTC)

I also suggest that instead of quoting your scholarly sources word for word, it might be better to present the definitions of the terms as well as the main concepts as you understand them from reading your sources. Additionally, it would be better if you also expand the "Globalization effects on the discipline" because this section is currently very short as compared to the "History of domain and leading researchers". I think that the "Globalization effects on the discipline" section has a lot of potential, you only briefly touched the topic regarding the effects that the study of ecological anthropology has had on various places world-wide. Instead of giving a summanry of the topic, I suggest that yougo in-depth and specifically talk about how each indigenous population is affected by or is affecting their environment. Thank you. Tang Thao (talk) 03:47, 9 November 2017 (UTC)

I suggest that you create a section dedicated to prodiving very specific examinations of the culture of various human populations and their environments. The journal article "Ecological Anthropology" by Benjamin S. Orlove cited in the References mentions different aspects of culture such as technology, demography, economy, organization in a society and how these aspects are influenced by their environments; therefore, I suggest a closer examinations of the relationship between different aspects of each society and its respective environment. It is also possible to further expand the article by writing about the extent in which certain societies are affected by their environments and how each society copes with the environmental changes happening over time. The two leading figures in the field of Ecological Anthropology mentioned in this article are Julian Steward and Leslie White, more information about their research as well as key findings regarding the significance and history of neoevolutionism and neofunctionalism would make this Wikipedia article more informative. If you want to focus on the historical aspect of ecological anthropology, you can provide a timeline of the key researches throughout the 1900-2000s and discuss the significance of these events and their contributions to ecological anthropology as a whole. I also suggest that you add in-text citation everytime you cite a source while writing this article. Tang Thao (talk) 15:58, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

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The stages of Ecological Anthropology
B.Orlove has divided ecological anthropology into three stages:a.1st stage b.2nd stage & c.3rd stage In 1st stage, he has included the thoughts of L.White & Junior Steward. In 2nd stage, neo-functionalism of Roy Rapport & Cultural Materialism of Marvin Harris.And in 3rd stage,Proccesual Ecological Anthropology which has been started in 1980 century. There have also a division of ecological anthropology:Cultural Ecology & Political Ecology.1st stage & 2nd stage of B.Orlove has been included in Cultural Ecology and 3rd stage has been included in Political Ecology.Anthropology and cultural geography is also included here. Kottak has divided ecological anthropology into two stages: a.Old Ecological Anthropology b.New Ecological Anthropology Tonima Shajahan (talk) 15:59, 6 July 2019 (UTC)

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