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ISS 310: People and Environment

Explore historical co-generation of society and nature. Dive into environmental history and political ecology, focusing on social-ecological coevolution and political economy of environments. Interactive lectures, discussions, and exams. WebTalk participation and evaluations included.

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ISS 310: People and Environment

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  1. ISS 310: People and Environment Spring 2000 Prof. Alan Rudy INTRODUCTION: Jan-08-01

  2. Introduction: • Introduce TA(’s) • Victor Torres-Velez • ???? • A little about Dr. Rudy. • 4th Year at MSU • PhD: UC Santa Cruz • Soc of Env’t/Ag/Sci-Tech • Entomological Sociology • Review the Syllabus

  3. The Course: • What the course is and is not. • Kinds of questions to be asked. • The Structure of the Class • Lectures • WebTalk Exam Prep • Exams • Research Opp. after Exam 1 • Evaluation

  4. What we will and won’t be doing: • Focus on historical co-generation of society and nature. • Not focus on science, technology, mapping, landscapes, regulation, movements or attitudes. • Focus on environmental history and political ecology: • Social ecological coevolution • Political economy of environments

  5. Political Ecological Questions: • Where and what is Nature/natural? • First Nature or second nature? • People or Society, Environment or Nature? • Peoples and Environments? • Industrial vs. Developing people(s) and environment(s)? • Human nature(s)?

  6. Book Topics/Questions: • Nature and Colonial New England • Changes in the Land • Nature, Extraction and 19th C Chicago • Nature’s Metropolis • Race and Env’talism in 20th C Gary, IN • Environmental Inequalities • Pest/icides and Env’tal Contradictions • Nature Wars

  7. Structure of the Course: • Interactive lectures • No attendance taken • Mandatory discussion sections • Attendance will be taken • One unexcused absence • WebTalk participation • One screen’s-worth a week. • Exams (multiple choice/essay)

  8. How WebTalk Is Organized: • WebTalk is a structured bulletin board • ISS 310 WebTalk Home Page • Click on link to WebTalk pages. • Topic List • There will be one Topic per book. • Conversation List • There will be a Conversation per week for contributions.

  9. For Example: • Topic: Nature’s Metropolis • Conversation: “The Wealth of Nature: Lumber.” • Student 1 • Student 2 new issue, response to Student 1 • Student 3 new issue, response to Student 2, 1 • Student 4 etc. • Student 5 etc. • etc. • All of the Topics will be on one page, all of one Conversation will be on another.

  10. Readings/Exams • ~4 weeks of Change in the Land • Exam = 20 points • ~5 weeks of Nature’s Metropolis • Exam = 30 points • ~3 weeks of Env’tal Inequalities • Exam = 15 points • ~2 weeks of Nature Wars • Exam = 15 points (finals week) • TOTAL EXAMS = 80 POINTS

  11. Evaluation Scale • Exams = 80 points • Sections = 20 points • 10 points attendance (-3/miss) • 10 points participation (subjective) • WebTalk • 1 point a week • -2 points each miss • Total possible = 114 • No preset standards/curves

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