Readings:
Week 1:
“A Fable For Tomorrow,” Rachel Carson
“Time Capsule Found on the Dead Planet,” Margaret Atwood
Week 2:
Week 3:
“The Ethics of Adaptation to Global Warming,” Kathleen Dean Moore
Week 4:
“An Athabasca Story,” Warren Cariou
Photo essay on the Alberta Tar Sands
Edward Burtynsky photographs of Alberta Tar Sands
Top facts about Alberta’s tar/oil sands
Week 5:
Scott McCloud, Understanding Comics
Article on agriculture and climate change
Week 6:
“So Hot Right Now: Has Climate Change Created a New Literary Genre?”
Nathaniel Rich article on climate change and the novel
Week 7:
“Weather versus Climate” (Neil deGrasse Tyson explains)
Superstorm Sandy and “The Civilizing Power of Disaster”
“Haiyan, Sandy and Climate Change”
“Mapping Hurricane Sandy’s Deadly Toll” (New York Times interactive graphic)
Sandy: Anatomy of a Superstorm (2012 BBC documentary)
Weeks 8:
FutureCoast, voicemails from the future project
“New Climate-Fiction Game Sends Players Clues From the Future”
Interview with Future Coast creator Ken Eklund
Week 9:
After Water, WBEZ Chicago Public Radio Climate Fiction Podcast
Selection from A Visit From The Goon Squad, Jennifer Egan
Other articles about “Cli-Fi”:
New York Times, Room for Debate: Will Fiction Influence How We React to Climate Change?
“Global Warning: the rise of ‘cli-fi’,” article from The Guardian
“College Classes Use Arts to Brace for Climate Change,” NYT article on cli-fi and the UO
Presentations/handouts:
Rachel Carson, Margaret Atwood presentation (weeks 1, 2)
Weeks 2 and 3, plot, narrator, character
Week 4, Alberta tar sands powerpoint
Week 5 PowerPoint (on IDP: 2043 and midterm exam prep)