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School of Archaeology and Anthropology · ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
This course provides an overview of the types of environmental disasters that commonly affect both human and non-human primates. When considering humans alone, the course will examine the effect of environmental disasters cross-culturally by comparing victimology along with how different populations have prepared for, responded to and recovered from past disasters. The course will then expand on this through cross-species comparisons with the way other primates respond to and recover from the same (or similar) disasters. This course will also consider the role of disaster relief agencies in different cultural contexts and will use information learned from historical disasters to discuss what the expected impact of current environmental disasters may be.
Midterm examination, 55 mins
Learning outcomes 1, 5
Essay (3500 words)
Learning outcomes 1, 2
Tutorial Presentation (depending on class size this will be either individual or in groups of 2-3), 40 mins
Learning outcomes 3
Disaster relief plan (1500 words)
Learning outcomes 4
Online discussion (250 words x 6 discussion entries for a total of 1500 words)
Learning outcomes 5
Tutorial participation
Learning outcomes 3
130 hours of total student learning time made up from: a) 36 hours of contact over 12 weeks: 24 hours of lectures and 12 hours of workshop and workshop-like activities; and b) 94 hours of independent student research, reading and writing.
The Angry Earth: Disaster in Anthropological Perspective. Anthony Oliver-Smith and Susanna Hoffman. 1999. Routledge Press.