Discuss cultural ecology environmental issues.

You do not have to interview anyone if it saves you time. you can just make up the interview but it needs to be a real conservation group. If you need any of our class readings I can email them if you provide a link. Ethnography of a Conservation Group (10 points) Anth 309 DUE:This brief field project aims to provide you a limited sense of conducting anthropological research. If you remember from Unit 1, anthropologists generally enjoy going to the field to talk with people face-to-face and ask-depth questions in order to understand how they think and feel. Each student needs to conduct an interview with someone associated with a conservation group or responsible in some way for implementing or promoting conservation issues. Due to the current coronavirus situation, skype, facetime or online interviews are allowed. Email interviews are NOT allowed. The person can be member of a conservation group, a person responsible for recycling, someone who teaches about conservation, or someone who has strong views about conservation issues but is involved in several conservation activities. The interview should last at least 30 minutes and should be as relaxed as possible. You do not need to record the interview. If you do not know the person very well, suggest that you do not even take notes. Interview them informally and try to write down everything you can after the interview.You can decide which topics you want to try and cover. If you interview someone from an established conservation group (e.g., Sierra Club), do not ask him/her about the organization or aims of their group because you can read about those items (unless you need some clarification about the group). In order to obtain their emic view of the organization you MIGHT ask them: what they view as the strengths and weaknesses of their conservation group, their views towards other conservation groups, their explanations for the environmental crisis, their rankings of the most to least important environmental issues, their own environmental knowledge and where they obtained this knowledge, their thoughts about having indigenous people manage the environment, etc. The Process1. If you interview someone who works for a conservation group or agency, read about the group before you conduct the interview.2. Develop a list of 3-4 very general questions before you meet your partner. These questions are only starting points. The idea with open-ended interviews is to go with the flow in terms of what is interesting/important to the person. ASK FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS TO THEIR RESPONSES. The question you start with may not be important at all. Move from general to more specific questions as you talk and come to understand his/her perceptions. 3. Go slowly and do not feel bad if there are long empty spaces of conversation. 3.Try to get an understanding of why they have the feeling they do about conservation issues. 4. Keep the interview informal and relaxed.5. Try to be empathetic and view the world from their perspective. Remember that culture is by nature ethnocentric. 6. Proof read your paper!! Points can be deducted for poor grammar and spelling.Ethical Issues1. Request the person’s permission to be interviewed and simply explain how you plan to use the interview materials (e.g., for your anthropology class on the environment).2. The interview is anonymous. Let them know you will NOT use their name anywhere. When you write the paper, you will use a fictional name.3. Let the individual know they can decide not to participate at any time. If they get tired of what they feel are dumb or sensitive questions, they can stop and it will not be any problem. Do not ask any questions that may put the parent at any sort of risk. The PaperYour final paper should be three-to-four pages (double-spaced, 12 pt. font, 1 inch margins). The paper should have the following three sections:Introduction – background on the person (age, gender, work, position), why you selected this person, where or how you talked with them (coffee shop, skype, facetime), what happened during interview, any difficult interactions/topics (1-2 paragraphs) Results – Summarize general results. Try to use direct quotes to emphasize their viewpoints, i.e., the emic perspective (1-2 pages).Links to course—link what the person says to the topics, theories, or other material from the class. Which theoretical orientation do they utilize to explain environmental issues? What do they see as possible solutions (1-2 paragraphs)?If you want to interview someone from a conservation group, you might consider the following organizations and perspectives. 1. Sierra Club 2. Nature Conservancy 3. Earth First 4. Wildlife Conservation Society 5. Deep Ecology 6. World Wildlife Fund 7. Radical Ecology 8. Washington State Department of Ecology9. Columbia Springs (Vancouver NGO)10. Coastal Conservation Agency (local)