How are we to think about culture's relationship to our current planetary climate crisis? This course will examine the history of late 20th and early 21st century intersections between art and environment with an eye toward the question of how culture might help forge solutions to our current peril. Topics include intersectional environmentalism, ecofeminism, frontier masculinity, witchcraft, Land Art, site-specificity, the Anthropocene, ruins, science fiction and other speculative futures, among others.
Requisites
Must have taken: HMN-100/HWRI-102 Writing Studio, or
HMN-101/HWRI-101 Writing Studio Intensive, or Pass the
Writing Placement Exam
HMN-101/HWRI-101 Writing Studio Intensive, or Pass the
Writing Placement Exam