Please post on the comment box questions or impressions / comments on the texts selected from Scott Edward Anderson, or on other facets of the life and work of an "ecopoet", descendant from Portuguese immigrants (see more here https://portuguese-american-journal.com/the-journey-scott-edward-anderson-at-home-away-from-home-interview/) and an environmental activist (here is his blog https://www.thegreenskeptic.com) who also collaborated with the NGO The Nature Conservancy(https://www.nature.org/en-us/).
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Final HW: Walt Whitman and Derek Walcott (pp. 279-283)
1. Do some research on D. Walcott and try to account for the different perspectives of the ocean (and sea-crossings) in Walcott's "...
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Explain and give examples illustrating one or more of the following sentences: "Appreciating the character of colonialism in North A...
- Do you feel like people who have moved around a lot and have lived in different parts of nature have a better feeling of what is the meaning of nature and dwelling? And are able to think better as delineation as a starting point?
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Prepared these questions but both were naturally discussed during the online seminar!
I especially liked how Anderson, in his poem “Mapping”, defined boundaries as beginnings rather than endings. It seems like a more positive/uplifting view of it and it opens the door for the possibility of new things.
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