Might be interesting, but what does one's sexual orientation have to do with the subject of Environmental Studies ? Seems more like a "get-together" for credit. |
It does look interesting. https://hamilton.smartcatalogiq.com/current/college-catalogue/courses/envst-environmental-studies/300/envst-323/ |
Totally. How could one possibly NOT read 200-year-old literature from a contemporary lens? |
And a Christian nation. |
Whatever are you prattling on about. |
I think people on here are confusing presenting one way of reading & analyzing a text as the “right” way. There is is more than one way.
If you are pursuing literature at the MA/PhD level, yes, you are supposed to present new scholarship, and yes, this can lead to what may appear to some as pointless and/or ridiculous journal articles that few people will read. |
Are you serious ? |
It’s queer AND feminist and of color. That’s pretty specific and represents a tiny population when dealing with environmental studies. I would imagine there is only ONE acceptable perspective when submitting papers or engaging in discussions in that class. Only one at least of you want an A or even to pass the class. |
$65k in tuition for this class: This seminar examines U.S. climate politics through a queer and feminist of color lens. We analyze the disproportionate, intersectional, gendered harms of climate change inflicted upon queer and trans people. Examining case studies, students interrogate critical environmental justice frameworks and practice using tools from queer theory, queer of color critique, and women of color feminisms to fill the gaps of traditional climate justice frameworks and address its exclusion of queerness. Turning to activism throughout the seminar, students also analyze how queer and feminist social movements fight for climate justice |
Agreed. Who has demanded literature from only two or three countries be taught, and what countries are those? Are you even capable of listing any great works of literature that have heavily influenced Western society? |
I’m talking about your first paragraph. People should only study “Western” literature? Does Tolstoy count? Having such a narrow minded view of literature that ends in 1900 is silly. |
The Bible is not Western literature. |
The only standards you have are whether it was written more than 100 years ago and was it written by a white guy. |
Queer feminist environmental studies sounds like an interesting course. But hey that’s just my opinion as straight, white, male, traditional conservative who values the marketplace of ideas and recognizes that queer and feminist takes on all kinds of issues have long been suppressed by lazy hetero men who are unable to comprehend and afraid to compete with other perspectives. |
Not responder here, but I do value the tuition dollars my child will be spending. I also value those years of their lives spent in college that they can never have back. So classes like these seem to be a sub-optimal investment of time and money. |