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Art, the Environment, and Human Rights
DozentIn:Dr. Devin Zuber, M.A., M. Phil.
Veranstaltungstyp:Blockseminar (Offizielle Lehrveranstaltungen)
Ort:41/102: Montag, 13.06.2016, Freitag, 17.06.2016 17:00 - 21:00, 15/130: Dienstag, 14.06.2016 - Donnerstag, 16.06.2016 17:00 - 21:00
Semester:SoSe 2016
Zeiten:Termine am Montag, 13.06.2016 - Freitag, 17.06.2016 17:00 - 21:00, Ort: 41/102, 15/130
Erster Termin:Montag, 13.06.2016 17:00 - 21:00, Ort: 41/102
Beschreibung:This interdisciplinary workshop explores the contested relations between place and space, the concept of rights, and aesthetics. A series of "case-studies” will foreground instances where legal and cultural conflicts over various sites became entangled in artistic representation: in poetry and fiction, in painting and photography, and in film. Methodologically, we will be aiming to situate some of the more recent thinking in “eco-criticism” (ecological criticism) and environmental theory with the concerns over sovereignty being raised by indigenous rights movements. Our case-studies will include: 1) nineteenth-century American landscape painting and photography, and the Sierra Club’s early preservation battles in California; 2) the so-called “Devil’s Tower” in Wyoming, and Native American religious claims to the site; and 3) present, ongoing debates about land usage and environmental rights in the transnational arctic circle. Students will be expected to read one (short) novel *in advance* of the workshop in June — N. Scott Momaday’s _The Way to Rainy Mountain_ (1969) — and to watch a film that will be made available for students online (“Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change,” by Zacharias Kunuk). Requirements: active participation and a final project (or other, depending on module requirements).

Note: This seminar is set to correlate with Prof. Schneck's project seminar on 'The Question of Rights in the U.S.': Please check the description and options for combining the two seminars in StudIP. For any questions, please contact Prof. Schneck in advance or come to his office hours.
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