Asian Environmental Humanities: Landscapes in Transition
Explore Asian perspectives on environmental challenges through cultural, religious, and artistic lenses. Study landscape transitions across China, India,Japan.
Explore Asian perspectives on environmental challenges through cultural, religious, and artistic lenses. Study landscape transitions across China, India,Japan.
This course examines environmental humanities in Asia, focusing on landscape appreciation, degradation, and rehabilitation. Through interdisciplinary perspectives, it explores how different cultures approach human-nature relationships, combining insights from religions, philosophy, arts, and social sciences. The curriculum analyzes environmental projects and movements across Asian countries, emphasizing sustainable solutions and cultural preservation.
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What you'll learn
Understand Asian concepts of landscape and nature
Analyze religious approaches to environmental protection
Explore cultural responses to landscape degradation
Evaluate environmental movements in Asia
Examine sustainable community practices
Study eco-aesthetic forms and environmental activism
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There are 5 modules in this course
This course explores Asian perspectives on environmental challenges through cultural and artistic lenses. Students examine landscape concepts across Chinese, Indian, and Japanese traditions, analyzing how religious and philosophical frameworks inform environmental attitudes. The curriculum covers topics from traditional garden design to modern environmental movements, combining theoretical understanding with practical case studies of landscape preservation and rehabilitation.
The Roots and Routes of Asian Environmental Thought
Module 1 · 3 Hours to complete
Entangled Landscapes - Chinese Garden Concepts and Global Environments
Module 2 · 3 Hours to complete
Indian Religious Approaches: Two Communities
Module 3 · 1 Hours to complete
Environment in India: Concepts and Socio-Economic Conditions
Module 4 · 1 Hours to complete
East Asian Environmentalism
Module 5 · 3 Hours to complete
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Distinguished Scholar of Modern Chinese Literature and Environmental Humanities
Andrea M. Riemenschnitter serves as Chair Professor of Modern Chinese Language and Literature at the University of Zurich's Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies. Her research focuses on aesthetic, cultural, and literary aspects of Sinophone modernities, with particular emphasis on environmental humanities. She has made significant contributions through her work on traditional Chinese landscape aesthetics and their role in addressing contemporary environmental challenges. Her academic career includes visiting fellowships at prestigious institutions worldwide, including FRIAS, Fudan University, and UC Berkeley. She holds an Honorary Fellowship at Lingnan University, Hong Kong, and has authored numerous publications including "Carnival of the Gods" and co-edited "Entangled Landscapes." Her current research examines how traditional Chinese landscape aesthetics influence cultural representations of environmental issues across literature, social media, and visual arts.
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