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LECTURE SCHEDULE

 

WEEK 1         WELCOME TO THE ANTHROPOCENE

WEEK 2         ECOCRITICISM: SURVEYING THE LANDSCAPE

WEEK 3         VISUALISING CLIMATE ADVOCACY

WEEK 4         CLIMATE FICTION & ECOTRAUMA

WEEK 5        INTERACTIVITY: GREEN GAMING & MOBILE MEDIA PRODUCTION

MID-SEMESTER BREAK

WEEK 6        ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE & SLOW VIOLENCE

WEEK 7         UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES: POSTCOLONIAL ECOCRITICIS

WEEK 8         MAN’S INHUMANITY TO NATURE: NATURE’S INHUMANITY TO MAN

WEEK 9         MEDIA ECOLOGIES: WILDLIFE ON TV

WEEK 10       ENVIROTOONS

WEEK 11       MEDIA CONSUMPTION & PRODUCTION

WEEK 12       TOXICITY      

 

Instructor:       Sarina Pearson

Office:                 201-E 523

Email:                   s.pearson@auckland.ac.nz

Office Hours:  Office Hours:   Mondays 9-9:30 & Thursdays 2-2:30 (https://auckland.zoom.us/j/784281823) and by                                                                        appointment.     

    

Class representative:   Tayah-Daisy Coleman (O’Reilly-Nugent)  tore74@aucklanduni.ac.nz

 

ASSESSMENTS (All dates are NZ time)

  1. Tutorial Preparation & Participation: 10%
  2. Reading/Viewing Quizzes: 20%
  3. Response Paper 10%
  4. Creative Project 10%
  5. Research Essay 50%
  6.       a)  Trigger assignment 5%
  7.       b)  Annotated Bibliography 10%
  8.       c)  Essay 35%

 

  1. Tutorial Preparation & Participation:

Deadline: Thursdays March 30 and ending June 12

This assessment consists of 10 weekly tasks in preparation for and participation in weekly tutorial discussions. Each task is worth 1 mark. Tasks will vary over the course of the semester. Some may involve preparation while others will take place during the tutorial. Tasks may include sourcing images for discussion, preparing for and participating in a debate, playing an online game and sharing your experience, assignment prep or writing practice. Many of these exercises will help you prepare for your test and complete your coursework. The tutorial tasks are posted under ‘Assignments’ in CANVAS. Tutorial Tasks 1 & 2 are due by March 30th. Thereafter the tasks are due on CANVAS the day of your regularly scheduled tutorial.

 

  1. Reading/Viewing Quizzes:

Deadline: 2 pm the same day as the lecture for which the readings/viewings were assigned.

For each of the topics from Week 2 to Week 11 you will be required to complete an online quiz based on the required readings and essential viewing. For the readings and viewing please see “Reading List” or “Modules” in CANVAS.  The quizzes will be online and available under “Quizzes” in Canvas. Each quiz is worth 2 points. In total they are worth 15% of your overall mark. The number of questions in each quiz may vary.

  

  1. Response Paper: 

Deadline: April 3 midnight to CANVAS

Length: 750-1000 words

Instructions will be available on CANVAS under “Assignments” from Week 1

 

  1. Creative Project:

Deadline: May 14 midnight to the University of Auckland Web Dropoff

Details will be available on CANVAS under Assignments from Week 2

 

  1. Research Essay:

Details will be available on CANVAS from Week 5

  1. a) Trigger assignment: due May 29 midnight to CANVAS 
  2. b) Annotated Bibliography: due June 5 midnight to CANVAS
  3. c) Essay: due June 22 midnight to CANVAS

 

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