Week 1: introductions
Tuesday1/18
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Introduction to the course |
Thursday1/20 |
Lecture/Discussion – Irrational Landscape: The Great Plains and its towns. |
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Why did settlers choose this location? What are the means of transportation What is the basis of the economy? What is the relationship to other spaces? What resources are available? Which are not? How does this landscape reflect or express a mode of production and consumption? Resources: |
Week 2: The commodification of the natural world
Tuesday1/25 |
Lecture – Humans and Nature and Capitalism |
Thursday1/26 |
Workshop – Reading Wooster and Wayne County |
Week 3: wilderness and the american mind
Tuesday2/1 |
Lecture – American Wilderness |
Thursday2/3 |
Workshop – Academic Arguments
ResourcesEnvironmental History. Volume 1. Issue One (on Teams) |
Week 4:
TuesdayFebruary 4 |
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ThursdayFebruary 6 |
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Week 5:
TuesdayFebruary 11 |
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ThursdayFebruary 13 |
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Week 6:
TuesdayFebruary 18 |
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ThursdayFebruary 20 |
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Week 7:
TuesdayFebruary 25 |
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ThursdayFebruary 27 |
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Week 8:
TuesdayMarch 3 |
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ThursdayMarch 5 |
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Week 9:
TuesdayMarch 24 |
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ThursdayMarch 26 |
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Week 10:
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Week 11:
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Week 12:
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Week 13:
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Week 14:
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