Resource politics has emerged as one of the fundamental foci of debate in Asia today. This unit contextualises contemporary issues and conflicts over land, water and other environmental resources. Students examine the discursive and practical aspects of contemporary debates concerning particular environments and environmental disasters in Asia, including those influenced by climate change. Topics covered may include state and religious ideologies about the environment, local environmental knowledge, current controversies surrounding the imposition of national parks on lands of local peoples, climate change, dam constructions, forest conservation, industrial agriculture such as oil palm... -- Course Website
Instructor: Professor Lyn Parker and Assistant Professor Greg Acciaioli
Prerequisites: a Level 1 unit in Asian Studies or Anthropology and Sociology
