Sumários

Jack London and ore extraction in the Klondike. Speaking to students about their final projects.

7 Abril 2022, 15:30 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Jack London, "To build a fire" (anthology, pp. 240-44).

Speaking to students about their final projects.

Moving further West: Fredrick Jackson Turner and the Frontier Thesis. Extraction and extractivism: presentation on uranium mining.

5 Abril 2022, 15:30 • Margarida Vale de Gato

The Far West (see powerpoint on moodle).

Ora presentation on the consequences of uranium mining (based on Winona LaDuke, "Uranium Mining: Native Resistance, and the Greener Path, anthology, pp. 245-6).

Fredrick Jackson Turner, "The Significance of the Frontier in American History", anthology pp. 226-239).

https://usculturalgeography.blogspot.com/2022/03/hw-for-april-5-frederick-turner.html

Mexamerica (cont.). Denise Chávez, "Crossing Bitter Creek" and Leo Marx, intro to The Machine in the Garden.

31 Março 2022, 15:30 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Mexamerica (cont.); Denise Chávez, "Crossing Bitter Creek".

Leo Marx, intro to The Machine in the Garden and the "American Pastoral" thesis (cf. powerpoint on moodle)

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https://usculturalgeography.blogspot.com/2022/03/hw-for-march-31st-lawrence-buell.html

Delivery and feedback of midterm exams. Reviewing guidelines for final projects. Linda Hogan and intro to Mexamerica.

29 Março 2022, 15:30 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Feedback of midterm exams.

Reviewing guidelines for final projects.

https://usculturalgeography.blogspot.com/2022/03/final-essays.html

Mexamerica (powerpoint on moodle) and Linda Hogan's text "What Holds the Water What Holds the Light".

https://usculturalgeography.blogspot.com/2022/03/hw-for-march-29-southwest-and-mixed.html

Oral presentation on oil spills in the Mexico Gulf.

The breadbasket. Food supplies and water contamination. Rachel Carson, excerpt from Silent Spring.

24 Março 2022, 15:30 • Margarida Vale de Gato

The Breadbasket + Midwest: Pennsylvania, Delaware and Great Plains (see powerpoint in moodle).

Intro to Rachel Carson and Silent Spring's impact against DDT and other massive toxic sprays.

Reading and discussing the intro to Silent Spring (1962), and a part of the chapter "Surface Waters and Underground Seas".