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

"BEYOND THE ANTHROPOCENE: PERMACULTURE AND POETRY" (A&H) - THIS CLASS INVITES CONSTRUCTIVE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE CLIMATE CRISIS THROUGH AGRICULTURE AND POETRY. READING WORKS OF LEAH PENNIMAN, CAMILLE DUNGY, WENDELL BERRY AND OTHERS, WE WILL EXPLORE THE INTERSECTIONS BETWEEN THE HUMANITIES AND SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES, I.E., PERMACULTURE, CRITICAL PLANT STUDIES, AND THE INSPIRING ENERGY OF POETRY. BY WORKING THE LAND, CONSIDERING THE PLANTS THAT SUSTAIN US, AND EXPERIMENTING WITH LANGUAGE, WE WILL IMAGINE MODES OF BEING IN THE WORLD THAT MAY HELP US NAVIGATE THE CRISIS.