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SHELTER IN THINKING ABOUT CLIMATE
1004E
In lieu of our regular lectures, and to supplement our weekly online discussions, some brief reflections on course readings
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Student Commentary: Who is the Artist?
Who is the Artist? I remember walking as a young girl with my dad to school one day. The rain had broken long enough for us to walk the...
Mar 29, 20212 min read
Student Commentary: Compost, Processes, and Natural Time
Compost, Processes, and Natural Time In von Hantelmann’s discussion of “Untilled,” Huyghe was quoted as saying, “The compost is the place...
Mar 29, 20212 min read
Student Commentary: Stability vs. Sustainability
Stability vs. Sustainability Cultures will promote two different ways to live as a member of a community, either in an individualistic or...
Mar 28, 20212 min read
After Wednesday's Class: On Ice and Melting Time
As usual, we didn't get to all of the material I had hoped to discuss this past week. I hope you'll all look again at the readings and...
Mar 19, 20212 min read
Student Local Observations: Daylight Savings Time
To mark daylight savings time, here's a post on this topic. We're half a week in to the new time and I am still trying to get used to it!...
Mar 18, 20211 min read
Student Local Observations: Winter Time
Before winter officially ends, here's a Local Observation on the season. I was surprised that only one of you seems to have written on...
Mar 18, 20211 min read
Student Local Observations: Meditation Time
Here are three very different takes on meditation and time. Untitled Recently my mind has been filled with chaos. Self-induced, of...
Mar 15, 20213 min read
Student Local Observations: Clock Time + Ticking Time
Here are four Local Observations that deal with clocks in a range of ways. Hickory Dickory Dock, I Searched the House for Clocks For...
Mar 15, 20213 min read
Student Local Observations: Measuring Time
Several of you have written Local Observations about ways of measuring time that do not involve clocks. I’ve collected three of these LOs...
Mar 8, 20212 min read
Student Local Observations: Pandemic Time
A couple of you have addressed pandemic time in your Local Observations. I've included these responses below. They're anonymous for now....
Mar 8, 20213 min read
After Wednesday’s Class: On Maples, Nation, and Citizenship
Once again I want to add a few comments and quotations that bear on our class. We didn’t get a chance to discuss what paying taxes means...
Mar 8, 20213 min read
After Wednesday’s Class: Deep-time
In our discussion of deep time I didn’t get a chance to introduce two quotations. The first one is from Robert Macfarlane’s Underland and...
Mar 8, 20213 min read
Review 2: On Not Sitting Silent, J.M. Coetzee’s Lives of Animals
In the Fall I attended an online conference entitled “The Culture of Grief: Philosophy, Ecology, and Politics of Loss in the Twenty-First...
Mar 8, 20215 min read
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