Subject Area: Environmental Humanities<br/><br/>Artists are beginning to expose and derail dominant regimes for managing life. In the aftermath of ecological disasters—as forests are clear cut, as toxins spill into wetlands—thinkers and tinkerers are working to generate livable futures.<br/><br/>This course will bring perspectives from art, biology, and anthropology to bear on practices of environmental remediation. We will depart from the work of Michel Foucault, a 20th century philosopher, who used the term biopolitics to refer to a style of governmental regulation that can be applied to all aspects of life.<br/><br/>“Tactical biopolitics” is a creative misappropriation of terms by... -- Course Website
Prerequisites: 30 units of credit at Level 1
