Required Books
Worster, Donald. Nature's Economy: A History of Ecological Ideas. Cambridge, UK; New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1994. ISBN: 9780521468343.
Latour, Bruno. We Have Never Been Modern. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1993. ISBN: 9780674948396.
Foucault, Michel. The History of Sexuality: An Introduction. Vol. 1. New York, NY: Vintage Books, 1990. ISBN: 9780679724698.
Cronon, William. Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England. New York, NY: Hill and Wang, 1983, 1985. ISBN: 9780809001583.
Fortun, Kim. Advocacy after Bhopal: Environmentalism, Disaster, New Global Orders. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2001. ISBN: 9780226257204.
Walley, Christine. Rough Waters: Nature and Development in an East African Marine Park. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2004. ISBN: 9780691115603.
Petryna, Adriana. Life Exposed: Biological Citizens after Chernobyl. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2002. ISBN: 9780691090191.
Tsing, Anna. Friction: An Ethnography of Global Connection. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2005. ISBN: 9780691120652.
Steingraber, Sandra. Living Downstream: A Scientist's Personal Investigation of Cancer and the Environment. New York, NY: Vintage, 1998. ISBN: 9780375700996.
Readings by Session
| Lec # | TOPICS | READINGS |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction | |
| Histories and Theories of Nature | ||
| 2 | Class Discussion of Hurricane Katrina | |
| 3 | Historicizing "Nature" |
Worster, Donald. Nature's Economy: A History of Ecological Ideas. Cambridge, UK; New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1994. ISBN: 9780521468343. |
| 4 | Theoretical Frameworks - Part I: Theorizing the Relationship between Humans and the Environment |
On Objectivity Haraway, Donna. "Situated Knowledges: The Science Question in Feminism and the Privilege of Partial Perspective." Feminist Studies 14, no. 3 (1988): 575-560. An Overview of Anthropology Ortner, Sherry B. "Theory in Anthropology Since the Sixties." Comparative Studies in Society and History 26, no. 1 (1984): 126-166. Political Ecology Neumann, R. P. "Political Ecology of Wildlife Conservation in the Mt. Meru Area of Northeast Tanzania." Land Degradation and Rehabilitation 3 (1992): 85-98. Gender Studies Haraway, Donna. "Teddy Bear Patriarchy." Part 1 in Primate Visions: Gender, Race and Nature in the World of Modern Science. New York, NY: Routledge, 1989, pp. 26-58. ISBN: 9780415901147.Agarwal, Bina. "The Gender and Environment Debate: Lessons from India." Feminist Studies 18, no. 1 (1992): 119-158. |
| 5 | Theoretical Frameworks - Part II |
Latour, Bruno. We Have Never Been Modern. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1993. ISBN: 9780674948396. |
| Living Enviroments | ||
| 6 | Discussion of Living Environments and Readings |
Cronon, William. Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England. New York, NY: Hill and Wang, 1983, 1985. ISBN: 9780809001583. |
| 7 | Discussion of Living Environments and Readings (cont.) |
Fortun, Kim. Advocacy after Bhopal: Environmentalism, Disaster, New Global Orders. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2001. ISBN: 9780226257204. |
| 8 | Discussion of Living Environments and Readings (cont.) |
Walley, Christine. Rough Waters: Nature and Development in an East African Marine Park. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2004. ISBN: 9780691115603. |
| 9 | Discussion of Living Environments and Readings (cont.) |
Petryna, Adriana. Life Exposed: Biological Citizens after Chernobyl. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2002. ISBN: 9780691090191. |
| 10 | Theoretical Frameworks - Part III |
Foucault, Michel. "Governmentality." Power: The Essential Works of Coucault 1954-1984. Edited by James D. Faubion. Vol. 3, New York, NY: The New Press, 1994, 2000. ISBN: 9780691120652. ———. The History of Sexuality: An Introduction. Vol. 1. New York, NY: Vintage Books, 1990. ISBN: 9780679724698. |
| 11 | Discussion of Theoretical Frameworks and Readings |
Tsing, Anna. Friction: An Ethnography of Global Connection. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2005. ISBN: 9780691120652. |
| Exploring the Future | ||
| 12 | Writing about the Environment for Non-Academic Audiences |
Steingraber, Sandra. Living Downstream: A Scientist's Personal Investigation of Cancer and the Environment. New York, NY: Vintage, 1998. ISBN: 9780375700996. |
| 13 | Student Presentations | |
| 14 | Student Presentations (cont.) | |