Takes From The Anthropocene

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Takes From The Anthropocene

Get a fresh perspective on the biggest issues facing us and our planet right now—disasters, climate change, and global health crises. These short, lively podcasts convey student ideas springing from Professor Kate Browne’s Fall 2020 course, Public Anthropology. Public Anthropology takes academic anthropology to the streets where a broad public can access and digest what we have learned. The Anthropocene is the name for our current geologic era, uniquely marked by the reach of human impact into all parts of the planet and life here. Each podcast offers a fresh take from this new era, presenting valuable ideas and potential solutions. Have a listen!

  1. 03/12/2021

    Climate change, Displacement, and what to do about them

    This episode from Claire Taagen in fall 2020’s ANTH 405, Public Anthropology and Global Environmental Challenges, class at Colorado State University examines climate change, ideas of displacement and ways in which we can combat these rising global challenges.

    12 min

  2. 03/12/2021

    Promoting Health Care Access Requires More Diverse Voices

    This episode from Roxanne Stacy in fall 2020’s ANTH 405, Public Anthropology and Global Environmental Challenges, class at Colorado State University examines the importance of diversity in making global changes through health care.

    9 min

  3. 03/05/2021

    Water as a Human Right

    This episode from Zoe Schutte in fall 2020’s ANTH 405, Public Anthropology and Global Environmental Challenges, class at Colorado State University examines water as a human right and how trends and lenses about water have changed over time.

    6 min
  4. How Indigenous Strategies like Curated Burns can Save Our Forests

    03/05/2021

    How Indigenous Strategies like Curated Burns can Save Our Forests

    This episode from Althea Kress in fall 2020’s ANTH 405, Public Anthropology and Global Environmental Challenges, class at Colorado State University examines farming practices and strategies that have been passed down through generations and how strategies such as curated burns can help save and preserve our forests.

    8 min

  5. 03/04/2021

    The Importance of Indigenous Elders and Their Knowledge

    This episode from Ranae Call in fall 2020’s ANTH 405, Public Anthropology and Global Environmental Challenges, class at Colorado State University examines the importance of Indigenous elders' knowledge and how their practices and techniques can benefit modern-day societies. Call discusses traditional ecological knowledge, what it means and how it can be applied. Alternative attitudes can also be useful to understanding and interacting with the environment. Listen in for more explanations and ways to remedy historical injustices against Indigenous elders and their knowledge.

    7 min

  6. 03/04/2021

    The Best Answers Come From People Closest to the Problem

    This episode from Ayman Aouinat in fall 2020’s ANTH 405, Public Anthropology and Global Environmental Challenges, class at Colorado State University examines professionals in anthropology and how those closest to the issues are more likely to solve the issue at hand. Front and center is a government's responsibility to listen to its people. To exemplify this, Aouinat describes the U.S. government's response to issues, including pesticides and COVID-19. Also included is an example of Tuberculosis treatment from Peru. Aouinat closes by describing how Indigenous communities should be consulted for their knowledge on stewardship of the land. At the heart of this episode are the problems of ego and ignorance. Listen in for solutions.

    11 min

  7. 02/26/2021

    What is Disaster Capitalism and Why Should we Care About It?

    This episode from Olivia Heifetz in fall 2020’s ANTH 405, Public Anthropology and Global Environmental Challenges, class at Colorado State University examines the idea of disaster capitalism. Heifetz proposes ways to view disaster capitalism and highlights who and what it affects the most.

    7 min

  8. 02/26/2021

    Conservation, climate change need new framing strategies

    This episode from Charles Borngrebe in fall 2020’s ANTH 405, Public Anthropology and Global Environmental Challenges, class at Colorado State University examines monumental current issues, such as conservation and climate change, and challenges the modern framing strategies that surround them. Charles proposes new ways in which to think about these issues and highlights ways we can learn from our past.

    9 min
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Get a fresh perspective on the biggest issues facing us and our planet right now—disasters, climate change, and global health crises. These short, lively podcasts convey student ideas springing from Professor Kate Browne’s Fall 2020 course, Public Anthropology. Public Anthropology takes academic anthropology to the streets where a broad public can access and digest what we have learned. The Anthropocene is the name for our current geologic era, uniquely marked by the reach of human impact into all parts of the planet and life here. Each podcast offers a fresh take from this new era, presenting valuable ideas and potential solutions. Have a listen!

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