EXPOS 20.113 - Into the Wild

Institution:

Harvard University

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What is wilderness? Do you have to explore wilderness to care about it? Who enters the wilderness and why? We will look at expeditions to the Tibetan plateau, the jungles of central and western Africa, and remote Alaska, and examine the place of expeditionary culture in current dilemmas about global wilderness. The course will include films, websites, periodicals, and blogs, paying particular attention to the Arctic and Congolese Basin as domains of conspicuous urgency.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.harvard.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 495-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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