Nature and the natural in the humanities: Teaching for environmental
sustainability
University of Birmingham
27 April 2012
Deadline for submissions: 1 March 2012
Climate change and environmental degradation are often
described as the pressing concerns of the current generation. This workshop
aims to explore ways in which lecturers in the humanities can engage with these
issues through the study of literature, language, religion, philosophy, history
and art.
Relationships between humans, the environment, nature and
landscape are themes throughout human history in literature, philosophy,
art and religion through struggles with and over nature. The environment and non-human actors
play a key role in religions as objects of worship, sacrifice, uncleanness,
food (both permitted and prohibited) and designated sacred spaces. In
historical terms the natural environment has informed national identity, foundation
myths and is seen as a source of economic prosperity and culture.
This workshop will explore how these themes might inform the
university curriculum in the humanities.
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