ENGL0122A-S25
African Environmental Works
Contemporary African Environmental Works (Writing, Photography and Film)
Concerned with social implications of environmental change, many contemporary African photographers, filmmakers, and authors are challenging the public with social documents that protest ecologically destructive forms of neocolonial development. These works actively complicate what it means to write about and look at those most affected by environmental injustices perpetrated by international and national actors. In this course we will read and view relevant works of African environmental literature and art. Whilst reading, we will ask ourselves the hard questions of what to do with our own complicity when facing the role that the global north plays in the causation of environmental degradation and human suffering./(REC)/
Concerned with social implications of environmental change, many contemporary African photographers, filmmakers, and authors are challenging the public with social documents that protest ecologically destructive forms of neocolonial development. These works actively complicate what it means to write about and look at those most affected by environmental injustices perpetrated by international and national actors. In this course we will read and view relevant works of African environmental literature and art. Whilst reading, we will ask ourselves the hard questions of what to do with our own complicity when facing the role that the global north plays in the causation of environmental degradation and human suffering./(REC)/
- Term:
- Spring 2025
- Location:
- Pearsons KAD(PRS KAD)
- Schedule:
- 11:15am-12:30pm on Monday, Wednesday (Feb 10, 2025 to May 12, 2025)
- Type:
- Seminar
- Course Modality:
- In-Person
- Instructors:
- Spring Ulmer
- Subject:
- English
- Department:
- English
- Division:
- Literature
- Requirements Fulfilled:
- ART LIT SAF
- Levels:
- Undergraduate
- Availability:
- View availability, prerequisites, and other requirements.
- Course Reference Number (CRN):
- 22660
- Subject Code:
- ENGL
- Course Number:
- 0122
- Section Identifier:
- A