RELIGION 761S
Religion, Colonialism & the Environment
Raffaella M. Taylor-Seymour
Description from DukeHub
This course examines intersections between religion and the environment through the lens of colonialism. Recently, scholars have suggested that the climate crisis is entangled with European colonialism, particularly efforts to inscribe European imaginaries on landscapes while extracting value from it. At the same time, a longstanding body of literature has investigated the relationship between colonialism and religion, focusing on missionary efforts to draw boundaries between true religion and its opposites and remake religious worlds. This course seeks to understand these two processes within the same frame, examining how colonial projects simultaneously transformed people and landscapes.
Skills
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AI-resilient: 1 of 5
- No: Physical, lab or field work
- No: Live work with people
- No: Judgment someone is accountable for
- No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
- Yes: Small, in-person format · seminar, 18 seats per section
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