Anth 201 Chapter 6

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sustainable development

Back 1

development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs

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environmental anthropologists

Back 2

practitioners of the subfield of anthropology that studies how different societies understand, interact with, and make changes to nature

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cultural landscape

Back 3

people have images, knowledge and concepts of the physical landscape that affect how they will actually interact with it

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foodways

Back 4

the structured beliefs and behaviors surrounding the production, distribution, and consumption of food

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modes of substinence

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how people actually procure, produce, and distribute food

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foraging

Back 6

searching for edible plant and animal foods without domesticating them

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horticulture

Back 7

cultivation of gardens or small fields to meet the basic needs of a household

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swidden (slash and burn) agriculture

Back 8

a farmer cuts forest and burns the vegetation

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pastoralist societies

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societies that live by animal husbandry

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animal husbandry

Back 10

the breeding, care, and use of domesticated herding animals such as cattle, camels, goats, horses, llamas, reindeer and yaks

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intensification

Back 11

the processes that increase yields

preparing the soil

technology

using a larger labor force

water management

modifying plants and soils

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industrial agriculture

Back 12

applies industrial principles to farming

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taste

Back 13

refers to both the physical sensation on the tongue as well as social distinction and prestige

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ethnoscience

Back 14

early anthropological interest in knowledge of systems of non western societies

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ethnobiology

Back 15

indigenous ways of naming and codifying living things

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traditional ecological knowledge

Back 16

studies indigenous ecological knowledge and its relationship with resource management strategies

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carrying capacity

Back 17

the population an area can support

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ecological footprint

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measures what people consume and the waste they produce, calculates the amount of biologically productive land and water needed to support them

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green revolution

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the transformation in agriculture in the Third World through agricultural research, technology transfer and infrastructure development

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political ecology

Back 20

analyses that focus on the linkages between political-economic power, social inequality, and ecological destruction are typical of the approach

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obesity

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the creation of excess body fat to the point of impairing bodily health functions

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overweight

Back 22

having abnormally high fat accumulation

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nutrition transition

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the combination of changes in diet toward angry dense foods and declines in physical activity

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artifactual landscapes

Back 24

products of human shaping

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environmental justice

Back 25

a social movement that addresses the linkages between racial discrimination and injustice, social equity and environmental equality