Investigations in the Maine Landscape
Environmental Studies 305. Gender and Women's Studies 305.
Carol Wilson
The setting for this course is the Coastal Studies Center on Orr's Island. We will investigate the fundamental characteristics of place including climate, topography, solar patterns and tides as well as the cultural and experiential aspects of this site. We will put together a pictorial analysis of the landscape, through mapping, drawing, photographs and collage in an attempt to describe the interrelationships between the site ecologies and to dispel the myth of our culture that the world is divided into the sciences and technology on one side and the artistic, spiritual and emotional on the other. There will be readings, site exploration, student visual presentations of research, and discussions with guest scholars. The culmination and focus of this studio/seminar will be a built response demonstrating not only our understanding of the nature of the site, but also the 'culture' of the constructors with all of its implied meanings and expression: physical, spatial and experiential.
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