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Campus | Bryn Mawr |
Semester | Fall 2020 |
Registration ID | ENVSB203001 |
Course Title | Environmental Humanities |
Credit | 1.00 |
Department | Environmental Studies |
Instructor | Grossman,Sara J. |
Times and Days | MTh 01:10pm-02:30pm
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Additional Course Info | Class Number: 2150 Bringing the traditional focus of the humanities–questions of meaning, value, ethics, justice and the politics of knowledge production–into environmental domains calls for a radical reworking of a great deal of what we think we know about ourselves and our fields of inquiry. Inhabiting the difficult space of simultaneous critique and action, this course will re-imagine the proper questions and approaches of the humanities, asking how our accumulated knowledge and practice might be refashioned to meet current environmental challenges, to productively rethink ‘the human’ in more than human terms. In order to resituate the human within the environment, and to resituate nonhumans within cultural and ethical domains, we will draw on a range of texts and films, and engage in a range of critical and creative practices of our own. Critical Interpretation (CI); Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC). Writing in the major/ Intensive. Prerequisite: ENVS H101 or B101. (hard check prerequisite). Enrollment cap: 18. Lottery Preference(s): Senior ENVS majors, Junior ENVS majors, Sophomores, first-year students. Minors and non-majors by instructor's permission.; Bringing the traditional focus of the humanities–questions of meaning, value, ethics, justice and the politics of knowledge production–into environmental domains calls for a radical reworking of a great deal of what we think we know about ourselves and our fields of inquiry. Inhabiting the difficult space of simultaneous critique and action, this course will re-imagine the proper questions and approaches of the humanities, asking how our accumulated knowledge and practice might be refashioned to meet current environmental challenges, to productively rethink 'the human' in more than human terms. In its remote form, students in ENVS 203 will engage 1). an audio lecture (with optional accompanying slides) every week 2). a series of reflective questions to complete while listening to the audio lecture and 3). a virtual recitation. The audio lectures will be available via Soundcloud, and can be listened to on a mobile device as well as through a web browser. The reflective questions will be accessible via google docs. The recitation will be offered via video conference, with a call-in option for those who prefer it. This course also engages students in weekly to bi-weekly letter writing (stamps and paper materials will be provided). Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC), Critical Interpretation (CI), Writing Intensive; Haverford: A: Meaning, Interpretation (Texts) (A), Humanities (HU) Enrollment Cap: 18; If the course exceeds the enrollment cap the following criteria will be used for the lottery: Senior ENVS majors, Junior ENVS Majors, Sophomores, first-year students. Minors and non-majors by instructor's permission. This course will run asynchronously on Thursdays, and synchronously on Mondays. If a student is not able to attend the synchronous meetings on Monday, they can work with the Professor to come up with an alternative meeting time. |
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