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Topics: Culture and Agriculture in the South Valley
Anthropology 230.002 - (CRN: 27710)
Instructor:
Start Date:
August 20, 2007
Stop Date:
December 15, 2007
Meeting Times:
TR 2:00-3:15pm
Meeting Location:
Anthropology - Room 178
Community Partners:
The Cornstalk Institute
The Dragon Farm @ The South Valley Academy
La Plazita Institute
The Sanchez Farm
The Dragon Farm @ The South Valley Academy
La Plazita Institute
The Sanchez Farm
Description:
The agricultural tradition of Albuquerque's South Valley community is in constant negotiation with an ever changing political, social, and ecological landscape. How has the role of agriculture in their community changed over time? How are community members' efforts, both individually and collectively, working to maintain, revitalize or preserve traditional and innovative agricultural practice and knowledge in this area? What responses do interested community members have for the changing role of agriculture in the South Valley? This course will explore related literatures in ethnographic theory, environmentalist and agricultural literature, and the ethnohistory of the middle Rio Grande agricultural traditions.