Roads, pipelines, dams, and other infrastructures are the literal frameworks that underpin our everyday lives. Just as infrastructures transform ecosystems, livelihoods, and landscapes, they also generate new experiences of nature, work, and connection to place. This course uses the perspective of applied environmental anthropology to understand relationships between human environments, infrastructures, and design frameworks. What are the impacts of infrastructures on cultural and natural resources, and how can impact assessment and design mitigate such impacts? How can culturally competent stakeholder engagement, universal design, or other approaches help us to build infrastructure that is more accessible and responsive to diverse community needs? Intended for a broad audience, this course is an interdisciplinary introduction to the theory and practice of socially and environmentally sustainable infrastructure systems. 

*****Students who completed the undergraduate version of this course are not permitted to enroll in the graduate version. The graduate version includes expanded readings, assignments, and/or presentations.*****