Religious Studies 438F - Violence and the Environment in Indigenous Film

Institution:

Hamilton College

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Description:

This course examines the political relationship of violence against, over, and in the name of the environment in films about or by Native peoples of Latin America and North America. Students compare and analyze fiction-films and documentaries of different scales and origins to the historical, cultural, ideological, and political-ecological realities that those films present or conceal. Topics discussed included environmental change, conflicts over resources, indigenous identity, and the representation of both Nature and Natives. Students must undertake a significant research project. Maximum enrollment, 12. Fox Tree.

Credits:

3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.hamilton.edu

Phone Number:

(315) 859-4011

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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