The Declaration, Volume 1, Number 3 : September – December 1996 [Research] Most academic structures and tenure systems encourage faculty individualism and perpetuate disciplinary borders. Students often shun the perceived hassle of group projects, preferring the ease of working alone. Nonetheless, over the past two years, 62 professors and 100 students from five Brazilian universities…… Continue Reading
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Interrelationships of Land and Society in Mexico
The Declaration, Volume 1, Number 2 : May – August 1996 [Research] Human beings-as much as the technology they use or the resources on which they rely-are the key to creating sustainable environments. This is one critical focus of both research and action in the Master’s of Rural Studies program at El Colegio de Michoacán…… Continue Reading
Southeast Asia is the Setting for Cooperative Watershed Research
The Declaration, Volume 1, Number 1 : January – April 1996 [Research] The University of Wisconsin at Madison, Thailand’s Chiang Mai University, and the Yunnan Academy of Social Sciences in Kunming, China, have initiated a three-way project to study watersheds in an area known as the “rooftop of Southeast Asia.” The region, located between the…… Continue Reading