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Campus | Bryn Mawr |
Semester | Fall 2021 |
Registration ID | ANTHB293001 |
Course Title | Environmental Justice |
Credit | 1.00 |
Department | Environmental Studies |
Instructor | Carby Denning,Nicholas |
Times and Days | TTh 12:55pm-02:15pm
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Room Location | OL110 |
Additional Course Info | Class Number: 2534 This course will introduce students to the study of environmental justice and examine questions of race, ethnicity, indigeneity, gender and inequality within the political ecology of extractive capitalism. Through ethnographic accounts, documentary film, graphic novels, photography and other multimedia, we will examine case studies of environmental justice, conflicts over resources, and the impacts of extractive industries on indigenous and other frontline communities across the Global South and North. How does ecological toxicity manifest as a form of racialized violence deployed across post-colonial geographies? Why do hydrocarbons produce “modern democracy” in some places and “petro-despotism” in others? How do we make sense of our position in a global political ecology of resource extraction? This course will unfold in three parts: the first will situate the problem of environmental justice within the broader context of humans’ impacts on global ecologies; the second will examine the historical context of extractive capitalism; and the third will examine the problem of environmental justice as a legacy of postcolonialism. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing and up; Anth 102 recommended/suggested. Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); |
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