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Environmentalism and Ecocriticism (ARTS90028)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 6.25Not available in 2022
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Overview
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An interdisciplinary seminar on environmentalism and ecocritique designed for social science and humanities students. Topics would derive from student interests but may include sessions on virtual ethnography of environmental disaster, oral history of environmental activism, analysing environmental policy documents and press releases, researching industry sectors, articulating ecological implications of infrastructures, interpretation of popular and artistic cultural texts.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- recognise manifest and covert ecological themes in historical and contemporary forms (eg art history, media, documents)
- understand and apply appropriate analytical, interpretative and philosophical traditions (eg deep ecology, ecocritique, discourse analysis)
- have an insight into archive, text and ethnographic methods in environmentally oriented research
Generic skills
- recognise manifest and covert ecological themes in historical and contemporary forms (eg art history, media, documents)
- understand and apply appropriate analytical, interpretative and philosophical traditions (eg deep ecology, ecocritique, discourse analysis)
- have an insight into archive, text and ethnographic methods in environmentally oriented research
Last updated: 12 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Admission into the PhD program in the Faculty of Arts
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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No longer available |
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 12 November 2022
Assessment
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Essay
| 2 Weeks after the end of teaching | 100% |
Last updated: 12 November 2022
Dates & times
Not available in 2022
Time commitment details
85 hours
Additional delivery details
Taught intensively over 5 days in July.
Last updated: 12 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Cubitt, Sean, Anecdotal Evidence: Ecocritique from Hollywood to the Mass Image. New York: Oxford University Press. 2020
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 12 November 2022