Wilderness Studies in Social and Sacred Ecology (12 points)
(ARTS)
Leader: Peter Cock
Offered:
Not offered in 2004.
Synopsis:
Objectives: Students who successfully complete this unit will: 1. Develop an understanding of the physical and social ecology of a particular place in nature, integrating their academic learning with the experience of natural environments. 2. Acquire an understanding of the impact of various human activities on the region's ecosystem and social fabric. 3. Examine the issues of appropriate technology for engaging with nature. 4. Explore the meaning of 'sacred' in a natural environment, and examine contrasts between eurocentric perspectives on 'wilderness' and indigenous understandings of 'country'. 5. Deepen their understanding of personal nature connections and their role in personal review and development as a consequence. 6. Work more deeply with the challenges of community development and the meaning of living a sustainable social ecology. 7. Develop capacities for regenerating partnership between humans and the rest of nature, and explore outcomes for how participants live and work in society. 8. Enhance their skill of presenting both orally and in writing reasoned arguments about the dialectic between social and sacred as experienced in a natural environment.
Assessment: A report of 2000 words: 22% + Oral presentation: 16% + Short essay of 1500 words: 17% + Journal of 1000 words 11% + 2 Practical essays (1000 and 2000 words): 34%
Contact Hours: 3 x 2 hour orientation seminars, 10 day wilderness field trip, and 3 x 2 hour follow up classes.
Prerequisites: None. However students are encouraged to take Environmental Psychology (E431) or Sacred Ecology-Social Ecology (ENV427E).
Prohibitions: ENV530E
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