T3 419G - Images of the Rainforest: Myths, Competitive Realities, and Alternative Futures

Institution:

Ohio University-Main Campus

Subject:

Tier III

Description:

Examines how early explorers created images of the rainforest with unlimited resources, how artists and writers reinforced or challenged mythical views of rainforests, how images of rainforests are depicted in indigenous peoples’ art, stories, music, and medicine, and how their images differ from those of westerners. Ecological perspective will also be examined, with an emphasis on the images of interactions and connections between rainfall, climate, soils, rivers, plants, and animals. Images of political and legal rights, local action, and global awareness are discussed, and links between communities and their impact on the rainforests’ future are examined. Prerequisites: SR ONLY Credit Hours: 4 General Education Code: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken. Note: Effective Summer Quarter 2010-11 (June 2011) any non-repeatable course may be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.ohio.edu

Phone Number:

(740) 593-1000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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