Cultural Differences and Perspectives

This week we’re beginning to learn about the complexities of cultural differences and differing perspectives. These topics are central to geography and they affect a lot of debates on climate change as well. Let’s discuss such topics through the prompts below. There’s also a short video here that provides relevant insights and will help contextualize the discussion even more.

1) Globally speaking, in terms of not from the video, how might cultural differences affect individuals’ conclusions about climate change and global warming?

2) How are your ideas about climate change impacted by your socio-cultural and political-economic position in the world?

3) What gives you the deepest impression, in other words what impacts you the most, from the video about Nicaragua?

https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/americas/10000…

Here is another other pertinent resource for you:

https://www.earth.columbia.edu/videos/view/tidal-communities-speak-underserved-and-indigenous-rural-peoples-confront-changing-coastlines