Guided Readings in Environmental Anthropology: Placemaking St. Louis

1.5 units

This course explores how our cultural, historical, intellectual, and affective relationships with St. Louis create a sense of place (who we are, which communities we join, and where we belong). We will also study how urban and suburban landscapes influence others' experiences of natural and built environments. Assigned ethnographic texts explore the problem (and promise) of local placemaking amidst national and global problems such as economic segregation, environmental racism, and rapid technological and industrial change. Writing projects will inform and enrich our analysis of recent direct political action in and around St. Louis as we seek to understand and interpret the city anew.