LIT2023 SpT: Place-based Literature & Map-making

This course is about how we relate to and experience specific places, and emphasizes hands-on participation in a wide range of creative, investigative, and physical activities. Students will read a variety of place-based essays, short stories, and wayfaring narratives; compose oral histories drawn from close observation of land use patterns and tophographical forms; construct digital and hand-drawn maps of real and imagined places; and write critically about how storytelling (oral tradition and written narrative) strengthens our cultural and ecological relationships with specific landscapes. In both the classroom and the field, students will engage in experiential activities such as cartography, storytelling, route finding, walking, and questing. Specific course expectations include completion of two projects, two academic papers, and a number of field journals. Credits: 3.000