Rural Livelihoods: Sustainability and the Environment in the Upper Midwest

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This course examines the past, present, and future of sustainable rural communities in the Upper Midwest through the framework of race, identity, and sense of place. Focusing on rural people including indigenous leaders, farmers, miners, activists, and writers; students examine the origins and effects of environmental and social challenges in the region. Students analyze the connections and divisions that rural people perceive and experience in relation to urban spaces. Students interview rural residents in Wisconsin who are engaged in the dwindling tobacco industry, present maple syrup economy, and emerging cannabis production. Offered Fall - Even Numbered Years.