opportunities for in-class activities. If you must miss a seminar session, please inform us via email ahead of time. good academic work depends on honesty and ethical behaviour. The Academic Integrity: quality of your work as a student relies on adhering to the principles of academic integrity and to the NTU Honour Code, a set of values shared by the whole university community. Truth, Trust and Justice are at the core of values. NTU’s shared * If you are unsure of how to cite a source, please review the academic integrity university’s resources or ask us directly. COURSE SCHEDULE Week 1: Environmental Consciousness, Then & Now (Jan 16) *Introductory lecture and interactive activities Week 2: The Ecological Thought (Jan 23) Timothy Morton, pp. 1-19 The Ecological Thought, “Introduction,” Lawrence Buell, and World, “Introduction” “Toxic Discourse,” Writing for an Endangered pp. 1-54; Buell, pp. 1-30 The Environmental Imagination, “Introduction,” Week 3: The Climate Change Debate (Jan 30) Mike Hulme, Social Meanings of Things We and “The Climate,” “The Believe,” “The Things We pp. 1-34; 142-177 Why We Disagree About Climate Change, Fear,” Naomi Klein, selections, This Changes Everything Week 4: Energy (Feb 6) Laurie Shannon in the Ages of Wood, Tallow, Coal, Whale Oil, Gasoline, et al, “Literature Atomic Power, and Other Energy pp. 305-326 Sources,” Rob Nixon, Environmental Justice, and Micro-Minority “Pipedreams: Ken Saro-Wiwa, pp. 103-127 Rights,” Steve Duin & Shannon Wheeler, part 1 Oil and Water – Week 5: Energy II (Feb 13) William Blake, Chimney “The Sweeper” Blake, illuminated prints Duin & Wheeler, part 2 Oil and Water – Week 6: Biodiversity (Feb 20) the Scale of Joseph Addison, “On Being” and Etiology of the Present Extinction: A Ashley Dawson, “Introduction” “An Catastrophe,” pp. 1-37 Radical History, James Balog, wildlife photography
opportunities for in-class activities. If you must miss a seminar session, please inform us via email ahead of time. Academic Integrity: good academic work depends on honesty and ethical behaviour. The quality of your work as a student relies on adhering to the principles of academic integrity and to the NTU Honour Code, a set of values shared by the whole university community. Truth, Trust and Justice are at the core of NTU’s shared values. * If you are unsure of how to cite a source, please review the university’s academic integrity resources or ask us directly. COURSE SCHEDULE Week 1: Environmental Consciousness, Then & Now (Jan 16) *Introductory lecture and interactive activities Week 2: The Ecological Thought (Jan 23) Timothy Morton, “Introduction,” The Ecological Thought, pp. 1-19 Lawrence Buell, “Introduction” and “Toxic Discourse,” Writing for an Endangered World, pp. 1-54; Buell, “Introduction,” The Environmental Imagination, pp. 1-30 Week 3: The Climate Change Debate (Jan 30) Mike Hulme, “The Social Meanings of Climate,” “The Things We Believe,” and “The Things We Fear,” Why We Disagree About Climate Change, pp. 1-34; 142-177 Naomi Klein, selections, This Changes Everything Week 4: Energy (Feb 6) Laurie Shannon et al, “Literature in the Ages of Wood, Tallow, Coal, Whale Oil, Gasoline, Atomic Power, and Other Energy Sources,” pp. 305-326 Rob Nixon, “Pipedreams: Ken Saro-Wiwa, Environmental Justice, and Micro-Minority Rights,” pp. 103-127 Steve Duin & Shannon Wheeler, Oil and Water – part 1 Week 5: Energy II (Feb 13) William Blake, “The Chimney Sweeper” Blake, illuminated prints Duin & Wheeler, Oil and Water – part 2 Week 6: Biodiversity (Feb 20) Joseph Addison, “On the Scale of Being” Ashley Dawson, “Introduction” and “An Etiology of the Present Catastrophe,” Extinction: A Radical History, pp. 1-37 James Balog, wildlife photography
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