COML 6336 - Border Environments

(crosslisted) LATA 6336, LSP 6336, SPAN 6335

Spring. 4 credits. Student option grading.

Co-meets with COML 3336/LATA 3336/LSP 3336/SPAN 3335.

A. Banerjee, D. Castillo.

This course focuses on a place and a concept where two of the most urgent issues of our times - migration and environmental degradation - converge, collide, and shape each other. It examines borders not as abstract lines on the map, but as dynamic hubs that connect human societies, politics, and cultures with the natural and built environments that we inhabit and transform. Through scholarly and creative work from an array of borders around the world, we will develop new theoretical approaches and methodological toolkits for rethinking and re-visioning borders in an era of climate change, toxic pollution, and mass extinction. The course encourages multi- and inter-disciplinary projects from students and will feature guests from diverse areas, disciplines, and practices.