Final Reflection Bambi Cumpston Gender Identity in Environmental Lit June 4 This class has enlightened me to the idea of ecofeminism, a concept I was only vaguely familiar with before the class. All our books were centered around female characters and their relationships to nature. I really appreciated that all our texts this term […]
Month: May 2022
bambi’s artistic curation
Artistic curation Gender Identity of Lit: Ecofeminism Bambi Cumpston Eco chic: podcast The name says it all: this podcast tells you both what’s eco-friendly and what’s chic, and helps you cover both bases at once! Since 2018, Laura Diaz, a self-identified ‘sustainability professional’ with a masters of science degree in Climate science, has been […]
Bambi Cumpston Gender Identity in Literature of the Environment Annotated bibliography McTaggart, Ian, A Tale of Garbage, Earth Common Journal, 2015, Vol 5 no 1 This article chronicles ‘garbology;’ the study of human waste from an archeological standpoint. The study of garbage is important partially because it tells us where our waste is coming […]
Creative Project: Greenwashing
I chose to make a collage with different images representing the psychological significance of “greenwashing”. Many public pledges are signed by companies every year that are aiming to lower their carbon footprint, or at least appear as though they are doing so. In reality, these large companies are often some of the larger contributors to […]
Close Reading: The Seed Keeper (Deep Dives)
Diane Wilson’s novel, The Seed Keeper, follows a midwestern woman named Rosalie who leaves to stay in her childhood home after the passing of her husband. The novel follows Rosalie as she recounts her memories, and the constant tensions between her Dakota family roots and those she finds herself surrounded by. One of Rosalie’s notable […]
Creative Project: Ecofeminism Haikus
Women and nature Two forces gentle like wind Their fates intertwined As our earth falls ill The patriarchy is no cure Knowledge is healing The moment we chose To split nature and culture, Humans lost their way For this project, I decided to focus on ecofeminism. In the age of the Anthropocene, […]
My Creative Project: Comic: The Blissful Sunglasses
This is a comic that I created. In each panel we see one consistent object (Sunglasses). The first panel is about todays advertisement, buy this and we can make your day better. In this, it is selling the sunglasses as a tool to enjoy a day. We are appealing to material objects to fix the […]
Annotated Bibliography
Anthes, Emily. “A ‘Silent Victim’: How Nature Becomes a Casualty of War.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 13 Apr. 2022, https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/13/science/war-environmental-impact-ukraine.html. In this source, the author suggests that there is a profound environmental impact from the war in Ukraine. The author’s evidence to support this is that wars create dangerous landscapes, […]
Final Reflection
I feel like the book Braiding Sweetgrass was the most influential on my view of my personal relationship with the world around me. Viewing nature as equal to myself (even spiders) and looking at the world as a gift economy or at least trying my best to implement that has definitely made a difference in […]
Artistic Curation
This piece is called Plastic Ocean, and it was created by Tan Zi Xi. Its nickname among fans is the “laureate of waste”. It is a reimagination of the waste produced by humans, as well as a visual of how parts of the ocean look. There is a very strong pro-recycling message delivered here […]