Assignment for May 4
April 20, 2011
RESEARCH:
Paper – Written results of research project:
at least three thousand (3,000) words of polished prose [at least five thousand (5,000) words of polished prose if enrolled for four hours credit], with citations and bibliography in an appropriate style, typed and double-spaced with an original and fitting title.
Assignment for April 20
April 13, 2011
RESEARCH:
Presentation – Oral synopsis of research project:
eight to ten (8-10) minutes of extemporaneous comments summarizing your findings, supported by a one-page handout bearing your name and project title.
Group 3: Brittany, Imran, Jeff, Kevin
Group 4: Alex, Elyse, Garrett, Weijia
Assignment for April 13
April 6, 2011
RESEARCH:
Presentation – Oral synopsis of research project:
eight to ten (8-10) minutes of extemporaneous comments summarizing your findings, supported by a one-page handout bearing your name and project title.
Group 1: Henry, Jessica, Jim, Joe
Group 2: Blessing, Briana, Elena, Pat, Scot
Assignment for April 6
March 30, 2011
READINGS:
Read the following selections in Environmental Justice and Environmentalism;
come prepared to summarize each selection:
Faber, “A More ‘Productive’ Environmental Justice Politics: Movement Alliances in Massachusetts for Clean Production and Regional Equity”
Roberts, “Globalizing Environmental Justice”
Patrick, “Biological Diversity in Ecology” (The Philosophy of Ecology)
Assignment for April 4 (Monday 8:00 a.m.)
March 30, 2011
RESEARCH:
Outline – Tentative organization of research paper:
at least one (1) full page specifying main points and subpoints, typed and double-spaced with an original and fitting title.
Assignment for March 30
March 16, 2011
READINGS:
Read the following selections in The Ecocriticism Reader;
come prepared to summarize each selection:
Slovic, “Nature Writing and Environmental Psychology: The Interiority of Outdoor Experience”
Evernden, “Beyond Ecology: Self, Place, and the Pathetic Fallacy”
Simberloff, “A Succession of Paradigms in Ecology: Essentialism to Materialism to Probabilism” (The Philosophy of Ecology)
Assignment for March 16
March 9, 2011
READINGS:
Read the following selections in The Ecocriticism Reader;
come prepared to summarize each selection:
Campbell, “The Land and Language of Desire: Where Deep Ecology and Post-Structuralism Meet”
Le Guin, “The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction”
Popper, “The Bucket and the Searchlight: Two Theories of Knowledge” (The Philosophy of Ecology)
Assignment for March 14 (Monday 8:00 a.m.)
March 9, 2011
RESEARCH:
Bibliography – Penultimate list of research sources:
at least ten (10) relevant books, articles, and websites you have studied, cited in an appropriate bibliographic style, typed and double-spaced with an original and fitting title.
Assignment for March 9
March 2, 2011
READINGS:
Read the following selections in Out of the Woods;
come prepared to summarize each selection:
Stewart, “Rice, Water, and Power: Landscapes of Domination and Resistance in the Lowcountry, 1790-1880”
Pyne, “Nataraja: India’s Cycle of Fire”
Collins, “Evolutionary Ecology and the Use of Natural Selection in Ecological Theory” (The Philosophy of Ecology)
Assignment for March 2
February 23, 2011
READINGS:
Read the following selections in Out of the Woods;
come prepared to summarize each selection:
Simmons, “The Earliest Cultural Landscapes of England”
Gottlieb, “Reconstructing Environmentalism: Complex Movements, Diverse Roots”
Smilor, “Personal Boundaries in the Urban Environment: The Legal Attack on Noise, 1865-1930”
Assignment for February 28 (Monday 8:00 a.m.)
February 23, 2011
RESEARCH:
Proposal – Formal description of research topic:
at least three hundred (300) words detailing the focus, methodology, and significance of your project, accompanied by a working bibliography of relevant sources you have accessed, typed and double-spaced with an original and fitting title.
Assignment for February 23
February 16, 2011
RESEARCH:
Explore back issues of the following periodicals, looking for potential research topics;
come prepared to present at least two article-length pieces from two different periodicals:
Orion Magazine: nature / culture / place
(University Library)
Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology
(University Library)
Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture
(University Library)
Environmental History
(University Library)
ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment
(University Library)
Environmental Ethics
(University Library)
High Country News
(not in University Library!)
Assignment for February 16
February 9, 2011
READINGS:
Preview Environmental Justice and Environmentalism:
The Social Justice Challenge to the Environmental Movement;
come prepared to introduce the text:
skim cover, front matter, back matter
read acknowledgments, appendices
Read the following selections in Environmental Justice and Environmentalism;
come prepared to summarize each selection:
Pezzullo and Sandler, “Introduction: Revisiting the Environmental Justice Challenge to Environmentalism”
DeLuca, “A Wilderness Environmentalism Manifesto: Contesting the Infinite Self-Absorption of Humans”
Wenz, “Does Environmentalism Promote Injustice for the Poor?”
Assignment for February 9
February 2, 2011
READINGS:
Preview The Ecocriticism Reader: Landmarks in Literary Ecology;
come prepared to introduce the text:
skim cover, front matter, back matter
read preface, acknowledgments, recommended reading
Read the following selections in The Ecocriticism Reader;
come prepared to summarize each selection:
Glotfelty, “Introduction: Literary Studies in an Age of Environmental Crisis”
White, “The Historical Roots of Our Environmental Crisis”
Manes, “Nature and Silence”
Assignment for February 2
January 26, 2011
READINGS:
Preview Out of the Woods: Essays in Environmental History;
come prepared to introduce the text:
skim cover, front matter, back matter
read acknowledgments, introduction, section headnotes
Read the following selections in Out of the Woods;
come prepared to summarize each selection:
Merchant, “The Theoretical Structure of Ecological Revolutions”
Cronon, “The Trouble with Wilderness: Or, Getting Back to the Wrong Nature”
MacCameron, “Environmental Change in Colonial New Mexico”
Assignment for January 26
January 19, 2011
READINGS:
Preview The Philosophy of Ecology: From Science to Synthesis;
come prepared to introduce the text:
skim cover, front matter, back matter
read preface, acknowledgments, afterword
Read the following selections in The Philosophy of Ecology;
come prepared to summarize each selection:
“Introduction: Ecology as a Science of Synthesis” (1-19)
“Part One. Entities and Process in Ecology” (21-33)
“Part Two. Community, Niche, Diversity, and Stability” (101-110)
“Part Three. Rationalism and Empiricism” (133-140)
“Part Four. Reductionism and Holism” (171-179)
“Part Five. Ecology and Evolution” (233-245)
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November 1, 2010
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