Middlebury

CRWR 1048

Class&Conservation in US South

Writing Place: Class and Conservation in the American South
In this course we will examine non-traditional conservationists and conservation writing in the American South, with a focus on Georgia and South Carolina. We will read Janisse Ray's Ecology of a Cracker Childhood; work about and by Carol Ruckduschel; John McPhee's Encounters with the Archdruid; work about MaVynee Betsch; and J. Drew Lanham's Home Place. We'll engage virtually with practicing southern conservationists, look for the ways scientists and self-taught scientists are leaning into underrepresented spaces, and, through our own writing, investigate meaningful and rich connections to place. This course counts as a humanities cognate for environmental studies majors.
Subject:
Creative Writing
Department:
English
Division:
Literature
Requirements Fulfilled:
LIT WTR
Equivalent Courses:
ENVS 1048
ENAM 1048

Sections

Winter 2021

CRWR1048A-W21 Lecture (Mayhew-Bergman)