E9 The River is a Goddess - Environmental Anthropology with Dr. Georgina Drew




Anthropologist On The Street show

Summary: The Ganga River in India is a goddess – but does that mean she provides for her followers, or her followers need to protect her? Environmental Anthropologist Dr. Georgina Drew explains how a river is many things to its surrounding inhabitants, and how taking an ethnographic approach means viewing the partnership between the environment and culture, as well as how each impacts the other.