索安035。环境正义:民族志、政治和行动:费城


(其它env 035)
朋友举行的中心,费城
介绍环境正义的历史和理论,是一个跨学科的领域,研究如何基于种族不平等,阶级,种族,性别的形状有不同组的人受到环境问题的影响,以及他们如何倡导社会和环境变化。这学期的课程将在费城的朋友教中心,将集中在城市环境正义问题和创造性的策略改变在费城。利用工作的学者和活动家从各种各样的学科在社会科学,自然科学,艺术和人文,我们批判性地考察概念之间的分歧“自然和社会,”“城市和农村”和“社区和地球。”We will analyze the history of the widely used concept of "sustainability" focusing on the diverse ways it has been embraced, transformed, and implemented in different cultural and urban contexts. We will investigate some of the challenges facing cities like Philadelphia as they implement sustainability initiatives and try to avoid "green gentrification" (sustainability improvements such as green buildings, eco-parks, and upscale farmers' markets that increase property values, pricing out and displacing local, low-income residents). We will likewise explore the promise of urban areas as important centers for supporting the flourishing of diverse, equitable, and ecologically sustainable communities. Course incorporates a community-based learning component.
这门课将在费城的一部分Tri-Co费城计划
社会科学。
1信用。
资格env,每PEAC
2022年秋季。迪-奇罗。
2023年秋季。迪-奇罗。
目录:章社会学和人类学
部门网站:https://www.最佳线上娱乐swarthmore.edu/sociology-anthropology


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