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Environmental Conflict

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States21A.429J
Free, no sign-up neededFall 2016English
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This course explores the complex interrelationships among humans and natural environments, focusing on non-western parts of the world in addition to Europe and the United States. It uses environmental conflict to draw attention to competing understandings and uses of “nature” as well as the local, national and transnational power relationships in which environmental interactions are embedded.

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