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Unit Outline
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Unit details
Unit title
Unit code
Availability
Location
Credit points
Mode
Face to face
Contact details
Faculty
School
School website
Unit coordinator
Email
Telephone
Consultation hours
Lecturers
Name
Position
Telephone Number
Tutors
Jen Scott
James Quinton
Lectures will be delivered twice weekly and students will attend a weekly tutorial.
http://units.handbooks.uwa.edu.au/units/LACH/LACH1020
Http://www.alva.uwa.edu.au/students
jenscott@iimetro.com.au
james.quinton@research.uwa.edu.au
Unit description
This unit offers students an inspirational history of the ways in which different cultures throughout history have constructed different
interpretations of nature and accordingly their relations to it. It examines the ways in which nature has been constructed mythically,
theologically, ideologically, philosophically, scientifically and artistically. The unit prepares students intellectually for the environmental
and related philosophical challenges of the twenty-first century which will impact upon all professions. The unit covers various strands
of Western and Eastern history including topics such as the agricultural revolution, the development of the first cities, the middle ages,
the Renaissance, modernity and twentieth-century developments in the sciences and arts. Along the way students meet many of the
great figures of history and become conversant with the big ideas of history. The latter stages of the unit concern how our current
actions are connected to historical ideas and have consequences for the future.
Learning outcomes
Students are able to (1) outline the historical patterns of Western culture from the agricultural revolution to the twenty-first century; (2)
analyse the points of intersection and divergence between the arts and sciences across the course of Western history; (3) develop an
enriched conceptual framework within which to understand contemporary culture as the embodiment of a particular lineage of
philosophical values; and (4) develop ethical and philosophical perspectives of direct relevance to contemporary culture.
Unit structure
IMPORTANT:
Please note that the schedule provided below is tentative, pending confirmation of guest lecturers. The schedule may also shift in order
to take advantage of visiting scholars, artists and practioners.
While LCS will be implemented, failure of the video link has occured. Students are expected to attend lectures unless they are ill or
have a commitment that has been articulated and confirmed at the beginning of the semester.
Unit schedule
Week Date
Lecture Topic
Lecturer
1
2
2
2
3
3
4
4
5
5
Introduction
First Peoples
Classical Views of Nature
TBD
First Nature: Ideas of Wilderness
The Renaissance: Vitruvian Paradigms
The Picturesque
Framing Art: Florentine Perspective
Second Nature:Agrarian Landscapes
Colonial Biology
Tinka Sack
Noel Nannup
Tinka Sack
Tinka Sack
Tinka Sack
Arvi Wattel
Bill Taylor
Richard Read
Tinka Sack
Tinka Sack
July 28
July 30
August 4
August 6
August 11
August 13
August 18
August 20
August 25
August 27
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6
6
7
7
8
8
9
9
10
10
11
11
12
12
September 1
September 3
September 8
September 10
September 15
September 17
September 22
Ecological Nature?
"Other" nature: Korea
Third Nature: Neo-baroque Ecologies
"Other" Nature
The Gender of Nature: the Nature of Gender
TED Intermission
TBC
Symbiotica: No Culture and No Nature, Rather Art and Life
September 24 Land Art: Culture in Nature
Study Break
October6
TBD
October 8
TBD
October 13
TBD
October 15
Future Urbanisation
October 20
Re-Wilding
October 22
LECTURE Quiz
Tinka Sack
Jo Elfing-Hwang
Tinka Sack
Romesh Goonewardene
Clarissa Ball
Tinka Sack
Ionat Zurr
Tinka Sack
(Study Break)
Joely-Kym Sobott
Oenone Rooksby
Tinka Sack
Julian Bolleter
Tinka Sack
Tinka Sack
Assessment
Assessment overview
Typically this unit is assessed in the following way(s): (1) a written essay; (2) a visual essay or seminar presentation; and (3) and/or an
examination. Further information is available in the unit outline.
Assessment mechanism
# Component
3 Major Essay
40%
20%
Ongoing
Week 6
September 4th by 3pm
in ALVA Resource Room (location to be confirmed).
Frames will be provided.
Week 10
Friday, October 9th
through LMS.
October 23, in lecture
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Assessment items
Item Title
Description
Visual Essay
Technical requirements
Students will be expected to be able to produce a graphic montage using either manual skills or basic computer programs such as
Photoshop and have a strong command of English in regard to academic essay writing.
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