Tierra y Vida: Culture, Ecology, and Environmental Justice. (3-0) 3 Credit Hours

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This course engages the ecological knowledge of communities of the Texas-Mexico borderlands, Mexico, and beyond, from pre and post-colonization to the present. Through critical readings in Chicanx, Queer, Feminist, Indigenous, Decolonial, and Environmental Studies, this course examines advocacy efforts and environmental justice movements that address eco-colonialism, environmental racism, displacement, the global climate crisis, and the ongoing effects of settler colonialism on the land and the people. This course also introduces decolonizing and Indigenous research methods to preserve life-sustaining ecological practices for planetary survival and collective liberation. Course may include ecological field trips, guest lectures, and attending environmental justice events in the community. Course Fee: LRH1 $20.54; STSH $30.81.