| SES # | TOPICS | KEY DATES |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction, syllabus review, assignment of presentations | |
| 2 | Out to Work: Landscape-Labor-Commodity | |
| 3 |
MIT holiday, no formal class meeting but:
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| 4 | Minimalism, Monument, Money, Mortgage | Workshop on field trip readings; run-through of Lavin lecture presentations |
| 5 | What is/is not a landscape? | |
| 6 |
"Preserving" "Natural" "Culture" Meet at Museum of Fine Arts, Art of the Americas Wing |
Guest visit: Mark Jarzombek Final project proposals due at beginning of class meeting |
| 7 | Urban Counterpoints? Part 1 | |
| Optional: Session with Harvard "Technical Lands" class. Screening of Ilisa Barbash and Lucien Castaing-Taylor's Sweetgrass with discussion of W. Cronon books to follow: Nature's Metropolis and The Trouble with Wilderness | ||
| 8 | Landscape Perception | |
| 9 | Urban Counterpoints? Part 2 | Guest visit: Anne Whiston Spirn |
| 10 | Meet at MIT List Visual Arts Center for the Lavine Lecture | |
| 11 | Politics of Nature | |
| 12 |
Final Research Paper presentations Feedback from peers in class; feedback from Caroline Jones via email | Guest visit: Nick Brown |
| 13 |
Final Studio Project presentations Feedback from peers and instructors in class |
Guest visit: Sarah Kanouse and Ruth Erickson Final papers and write-ups of final projects due six days after the last session |