Cynthia Veit

Focus: Ecological Anthropology,  Longitudinal Analysis  & GIS

Home Page - site under construction

A lot of effort has gone into understanding the environment and trying to save existing Bio regions from environmental degradation.  Such research treks understand the cause and effect process of what is causing so much environmental destruction.  One causal answer: HUMANS ARE TO BLAME- this scenero is simplistic and at the same time complex.  Simple in that we can blame ourselves for many of environmental ills that plague this planet.  Complex, because humans are not going to disappear any time soon.  We as other species are reproducing , but unlike other species (except insects) we are reproducing and populating this planet at an enormous pace.  And unlike our friends the insects, we dont have another species spraying us with "Human Begone".  So, it is certain that we have the upper hand in how we effect the environment around us. Of course, the definition of "having the upper hand" is subjective. My definition would be very different then another individual especially if our concepts of reality are different (See physicist Henry Stapp's article on: Theory of Reality.) For example, my reality is based on perception of my existence in this world - included in my perception is my belief that all living things are connected (Some call this the circle of life). (under construction)
send an email: cveit@uci.edu

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My professor Doug White's home page: http://eclectic.ss.uci.edu/~drwhite/doug.html 

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INTERESTING LINKS IN ANTHROPOLOGY
Anthropological Center for Training and Research on Global Environmental Change at Indiana University
Cultural Survival
American Anthropology Association
  Gwembe Proposal