310224 (v.2) Ecology and Culture 321

Area:	Department of Communication and Cultural Studies
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	3.0
The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline.
Lecture:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Syllabus (HB):	The crucial questions of how we get to know and have our say about the significant environmental issues of the day such as sustainable development and climate change, and how experts should go about explaining important new ecological knowledge to the public, is addressed. The roles of feature films, film and television documentaries science journalism, creative non-fiction, traditional literary genres, radio talks, museum displays, and the internet, will be examined. The rise of environmental consciousness and activism through analysis of popular representations of nature from the nineteenth century to the present day. Application of historical-theoretical approaches to analyse ecological knowledge in its cultural and political contexts - colonial, national, racial and gendered. International in scope, the unit also examines the important Australian tradition, including Indigenous Australian perspectives, from early nature writing to today's environmental debates, ecotourism and green activism in a range of media, including the Web.
To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement.
Field of Education:	091500 Language and Literature (Narrow Grouping)
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Informational *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2010	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External