ENST 283 - Race and Place

Credit Hours: 4
Frequency of Offering: Offered annually in the spring semester

This course examines how places are racialized and how places racialize people. We will focus on the experiences of African Americans as a racial and ethnic group living within the racialized landscape of the United States. The course begins with an examination of why place matters and why race matters, paying particular attention to how race and place are created together. We then turn to memorialization, ways we remember, and connections between the past and the present. We then turn our attention to the natural world and examine how landscapes and environmental justices have material impacts on the relationship between race and place. Throughout the semester we will be using qualitative research methods to explore these connections and deepen our engagement with the world around us.

Prerequisite(s): Prerequisites for the course are: ENST 100 or participation in the Justice Integrated Inquiry