Contextualizing Inequity: An Interdisciplinary Approach
ENVS 350
Fall 2010
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01
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| Crosslisting:
AFAM 350, ANTH 351 |
The aim of this course is to use an interdisciplinary approach to deconstruct the concept of inequity. We begin with the premise that explications of politico-economic and sociocultural conditions are central to questions of global inequity and injustice, which are paramount in contextualizing environmental concerns. We place great emphasis on history to equally consider the broader material and symbolic field within which both theories and narratives of inequity stem. We question how inequity has been conceptualized and represented in the social sciences, the humanities, as well as the arts. To that end, we will explore works in political science, sociology, anthropology, ethnic and gender studies, literature, performance, and other disciplines with pre- and postquake Haiti as a site of investigation. In so doing, our ultimate aim is to make a case for the significance of both material and symbolic analyses in environmental studies. |
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Essential Capabilities:
Intercultural Literacy
Students will be asked to assess and interpret socio-cultural and political economic differences within the context of North-South.
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS ENVS |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (ANTH) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Antenor Firmin [1885] 2002. ON THE EQUALITY OF THE HUMAN RACES
Eric Wolf, 1982. EUROPE AND THE PEOPLE WITHOUT HISTORY
Joni Adamson, et al, 2002. THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE READER: POLITICS, POETICS & PEDAGOGY
Allaine Cerwonka and Lissa Malkki, 2008. IMPROVISING THEORY: PROCESS AND TEMPORALITY IN ETHNOGRAPHIC FIELDWORK
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Examinations and Assignments:
Response papers, a midterm and final research project. |
| Instructor(s): Ulysse,Gina Athena Times: ...W... 01:10PM-04:00PM; Location: CAAS CONF; |
Permission of Instructor Required
Enrollment capacity: 19 | Permission of instructor will be granted during the drop/add period. Students must submit either a ranked or unranked drop/add request for this course. |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 2 | 1st Ranked: 1 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 1 |
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