Greening an Anthropology Field Course Programme: Assessing the Comparative Importance of Net Zero Agendas and Covid-19

Russell, Andrew

Abstract

Carbon emissions from academic air travel (AAT) are of concern to all in higher education, but the focus to date has primarily been on research (e.g. flying to professional conferences) rather than teaching and learning. This article describes the development and delivery of Durham University’s undergraduate field course programme in anthropology before, during and after the Covid-19 pandemic. While the University provided helpful leverage towards greening the programme’s travel arrangements, continuing restrictions on long-distance international air travel post-pandemic and reducing the length of field courses proved more effective drivers towards Net Zero than concerns about carbon emissions.

Citation

Russell, A. (2024). Greening an Anthropology Field Course Programme: Assessing the Comparative Importance of Net Zero Agendas and Covid-19. Teaching Anthropology, 13, DT1-7. https://doi.org/10.22582/ta.v13i1

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jan 20, 2024
• Online Publication Date: Jan 26, 2024
• Publication Date: Jan 26, 2024
• Deposit Date: Mar 25, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 26, 2024
• Journal: Teaching Anthropology
• Print ISSN: 1537-1751
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 13
• Article Number: 1
• Pages: DT1-7
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.22582/ta.v13i1
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/2346999
• Publisher URL: https://www.teachinganthropology.org/ojs/index.php/teach_anth/article/view/692/726