CHID 480 A: Special Topics: Advanced Study of the History of Ideas

"ECOPOETICS ALONG SHORELINES" (VLPA, NW, & W CREDIT) **CHID 480A STUDENTS MUST REGISTER FOR QUIZ SECTION CHID 480 AA** WE DRAW TOGETHER THEORIES AND PRACTICES FROM ECOLOGICAL SCIENCE, INDIGENOUS STUDIES, ENVIRONMENTAL HUMANITIES, GEOPHYSICS, CULTURAL STUDIES, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY STUDIES (STS), CRITICAL THEORY, AND POETRY. WE'LL REFLECT ON ECOCUL POLITICS, AND PRACTICE OBSERVING, W AND SKETCHING OUTSIDE. WE'LL EXPLORE SHADOW HISTORIES OF SEATTLE WATERWAYS AND CONTEMPLATE POST-SEA-LEVEL-RISE FUTURES. THROUGH EXTENDED SHORELINE INVESTIGATION, YOU WILL FIND YOUR OWN POETICS OF RELATION TO LOCAL WATERS. YOU WILL CREATE POEMS, SCIENTIFIC WRITING, SPECULATIVE APPARATUS, AND VISUAL ART.