Sumários

Gary Snyder, "Unnatural Writing" (1996) and comparison with Emerson's "Nature" (1836). Metaphors of the Anthropocene.

15 Fevereiro 2022, 15:30 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Gary Snyder, "Unnatural Writing" (1996) and comparison with Emerson's "Nature" (1836). See blog post: https://usculturalgeography.blogspot.com/2022/02/hw-for-feb-15-gary-snyder-unnatural.html

Metaphors of the Anthropocene - powerpoint on Moodle.

Ecopoetics, with examples from Gabriel Gudding and Jetnil - Kijiner,

10 Fevereiro 2022, 15:30 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Invited lecturer: Nuno Marques

see blog post on Ecopoetics and other kind of making nature (and "unnatural") writing: https://usculturalgeography.blogspot.com/

Conclusions of focus groups on American Values. Emerson's "Nature" (1836)

8 Fevereiro 2022, 15:30 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Conclusions of group work on American Values, based on Gillian and Segreti (2010) - see powerpoint on Moodle.

Intro to "Nature" by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1836)

blog link: https://usculturalgeography.blogspot.com/2022/02/hw-for-feb-8-r-waldo-emerson-nature.html

American Studies and the concept of intersectionality. Nature's Nation ? American Values

3 Fevereiro 2022, 15:30 • Margarida Vale de Gato

American Studies, cultural politics, and the concept of intersectionality.

see blog post: https://usculturalgeography.blogspot.com/2022/01/intersectionality.html

Nature's Nation? - see powerpoint week 2, and also the blog post (questions on Coates 2005, "The Human and Natural Environment): https://usculturalgeography.blogspot.com/2022/01/hw-for-feb-3-peter-coates-human-and.html

Group formations.

Group work on American Values, based on Gillian and Segreti (2010).

Cultural Geography: basic concepts (cont.). Intro to American Studies.

1 Fevereiro 2022, 15:30 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Cultural geography: basic concepts from Paterson's article in the Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Literature - group work on refining definitions

See powerpoint on moodle.

American Studies, intro to the introductions to American Cultural Studies (Neil Campbell and Alaisdair Kean 2016) and A New Introduction to American Studies (Temperley and Bigsby 2005).

See powerpoint week 2

And blog post:

https://usculturalgeography.blogspot.com/2022/01/hw-american-studies-intro-anthology-p.html