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Stanford Root

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ENGLISH 142

Environmental Justice and Literature (EARTHSYS 142J)

UNITS:3
GRADING:Letter or Credit/No Credit
LEVEL:Undergrad
GER:WAY-A-II

Who is most hurt by ongoing planetary ecocide and who benefits? How can humanities scholarship, literary texts, popular culture, and activist practices help us analyze environmental injustice, consider alternatives and participate in change-making? Together we will unpack the intersections of climate crisis, violent settler world-making, and systemic racial, gendered and class-based injustice.

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1 Term
Seminar 1Open
ID: 12473
0 / 15 enrolled
DAYS:Monday, Wednesday
TIME:3 PM – 4:20 PM
LOCATION:TBD
INSTRUCTOR:
Goldstein, Zoe
3units

ENGLISH 142: Environmental Justice and Literature (EARTHSYS 142J)

3 units · Letter or Credit/No Credit · GER: WAY-A-II

Who is most hurt by ongoing planetary ecocide and who benefits? How can humanities scholarship, literary texts, popular culture, and activist practices help us analyze environmental injustice, consider alternatives and participate in change-making? Together we will unpack the intersections of climate crisis, violent settler world-making, and systemic racial, gendered and class-based injustice.

Offered in Winter 2027 at Stanford University.

Winter 2027 sections

  • Seminar — Monday Wednesday 3:00 PM – 4:20 PM — Goldstein, Zoe (Undergrad)

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