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HUMAN RIGHTS, ENVIRONMENT, DEVELOPMENT - ANTHROPOLOGY 476/876:

Robert K. Hitchcock

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The aim of this course (Human Rights, Environment, and Development, Anthropology 476/876) is to ground students in anthropological approaches to human rights and sustainable development. It will address issues that are of significance in the area of international human rights, paying specific attention to issues such as (1) universalism vs cultural relativism, (2) Western and non-Western perspectives on human rights, (3) individual rights and collective (group) rights, (4) the debates over civil and political rights and social, economic, and cultural rights; (5) intellectual property rights and indigenous knowledge systems, (6) planetary (environmental) rights, (7) indigenous peoples' rights and minority group rights, (8) women's rights, (9) children's rights, and (10) environmental justices. Particular attention will be paid to the rights to food, water, environmental protection, and to development.

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Key concepts: Human rights, Right to property, International human rights law, Rights of Nature, Linguistic rights, Cultural rights, Fundamental rights, Political science