| Course Title: The Environment and South Asian Lifeworlds |
| Start Date: 03/18/2021 End Date: 05/11/2021 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2021 |
| Description: Cyclones, drought, and earthquakes have claimed many lives in South Asia in recent decades. Millions living along its vast coastline face the imminent danger of being reduced to climate refugees. In such times, how might we understand the longer history of environmental change in South Asia? This course traces shifts in how people in the region have understood the environment -- as a source of sustenance, a resource ripe for domination, and an entity in need of saving. Drawing from histories of agriculture, public works, and forestry, it interrogates how transnational forces such as colonial capitalism and geopolitics have shaped local interactions between humans, nature, and animals. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , MP - Multicultural Perspectives , WI - Writing-Intensive |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Abhilash Medhi | amedhi@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 03/18/2021 - 05/11/2021 | Flex. Immersive Lecture | Monday | 09:45AM - 11:00AM | TBA | TBA | Weekly |
| 03/18/2021 - 05/11/2021 | Flex. Immersive Lecture | Tuesday and Thursday | 09:30AM - 11:15AM | Weekly | ||
| 03/18/2021 - 05/11/2021 | Flex. Immersive Lecture | Wednesday and Friday | 10:15AM - 11:15AM | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| None |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| SASIA0001 | SASIA: South Asian Studies major | This course has been approved to count towards the South Asian Studies major. |
| MOD0002 | MOD-2: Courses meeting in Module 2 | This course meets in Module 2. |
| MEET0004 | +MEET-4: Expects to meet 4 days per week, on average | This class is expected to meet 4 days per week, on average |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 28 | Enrollment: 19 | Available: 9 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| To be determined. |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class. |