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3.00 Credits
This course explores literature that depicts the natural world with affection, respect, imagination and concern by examining the nature writing traditions of England and America, including the canons of women and Native Americans. Because these traditions present an alternative paradigm to that of modern industrial culture, examination of the literature leads to discussion of how historical influences, including science, religion, and economics, have shaped attitudes toward nature and contributed to consequent environmental problems.
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4.00 Credits
This course explores literature that depicts the natural world with affection, respect, imagination and concern by examining the nature writing traditions of England and America, including the canons of women and Native Americans. Because these traditions present an alternative paradigm to that of modern industrial culture, examination of the literature leads to discussion of how historical influences, including science, religion, and economics, have shaped attitudes toward nature and contributed to consequent environmental problems. Fully integrated with the study of literature are weekly field excursions that afford opportunities for students to experience land and waterscapes (ecosystems) similar to those described in the texts.
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0.00 Credits
This weekly lab integrates the reading of literature with field experiences by means of visitation to a variety of land and waterscapes (ecosystems).
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3.00 Credits
This discussion course will examine representative samples of nature writing during roughly the last thirty years in order to survey its diversity and assess its value. Forms and themes to be explored include regional writing, Native American perspectives, wilderness journal, popular lyric, environmental polemic, scientific and philosophic speculation, and magazine writing. Emphasis will be on major figures such as Annie Dillard, Ann Zwinger, Barry Lopez, Edward Abbey, and Wendell Berry.
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1.00 Credits
In this writing laboratory students will prepare for composition by examining models of contemporary nature writing, observing nearby biomes, and experiencing land/seascapes during seasonal change. In response to given and self-generated prompts students will draft compositions in various modes, exchange peer criticism, conference with the instructor, and at end of term submit a select portfolio of work. Students are encouraged to sign up also for ENV 334, Contemporary Nature Writing, but may take ENV 334 as a stand alone course.
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3.00 Credits
This course will explore the environmental history of New England. After an introductory survey of environmental history literature, we will explore several New England case studies using a combination of literature, archival materials, and field trips. Prospective units include 1) rivers and milltowns; 2)estuaries, coastlines, and islands; 3) forests and wildlife; 4) farms, pastures, and livestock. This course will conclude with a research project: students will apply environmental historical research skills to a place of one's choice, culminating in a formal presentation.
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3.00 Credits
Edward Abbey is a major figure in American nature literature because of his passionate advocacy for wilderness preservation, his critique of industrial capitalism, and his philosophy of nature. In his novels and essays he artfully explores human relationships with nature, issuing prophetic warnings about human abuse of natural systems and about human insensitivity to the earth. In this roundtable seminar students will read the major works and present papers to the class based on both primary and secondary research.
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3.00 Credits
Through this mostly out-of-doors course, students will gain a strong sense of place with nature by learning about animal behavior and tracking, map and compass use, sensory awakening, hiking, no-trace techniques, and outdoor survival skills. Readings by broad and varied naturalists, ecologists, and environmentalists; nature journaling; student teaching; and group work will be used to prepare students to act responsibly toward our natural environments, and to become practitioners and teachers of environmental stewardship. Two overnight camping trips are mandatory, as is a weekend field trip in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Must meet prerequisite or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
This seminar in environmental politics focuses on the local-global interaction between indigenous ecological knowledge and Western environmental science in regard to the conservation, use, and management of biodiversity. Students will become more aware of the complexities and conflicts involved in protecting biodiversity and upholding the rights and well-being of indigenous peoples. Students will learn how such conservation conflicts: a) are rooted in differing epistemologies of nature and humans' relationship to nature; and b) are characterized by significant power differentials. By better understanding the roots of these "politics of knowledge", students will gain insight into how conflicts might be resolved so as to improve the conservation of both cultural and biological diversity.
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3.00 Credits
This course critically examines economic globalization's impacts on the natural environment. Its overall purpose is to assess these impacts, asking how they do or do not align themselves with the earth's ecological dynamics and with the welfare of human communities. Students will first examine globalization's history and current manifestations, and the arguments voiced by both its proponents and its critics. They will then study the complex interactions between the dynamics of globalization and those of the natural world. Finally, they will critically assess a variety of actions generated at the global and local levels in response to globalization, and prepare and present self-chosen case studies of particular human communities and their natural environments being deeply affected by the forces of globalization.
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