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ENVS/THEA 380
The Deepwater Horizon Tragedy: A Scientic and Artistic Inquiry
ENVS 380: interdisciplinary inquiry into Deepwater Horizon Tragedy from Wesleyan University on Vimeo.
In the summer of 2011, seven students explored the Deepwater Horizon oil spill from an artistic and environmental perspectives. The course began with classroom lessons followed by a 10-day trip to the Gulf Coast region, which included visits to laboratories, research institutions, tours of the wetlands, as well as visits to affected communities to meet the people who live there.
By exploring the gulf oil spill from both an artistic and scientific standpoint, students where able to learn the science of the Gulf Coast region and the ecological impact of the oil spill as well as artistic tools and methods that will enable them to understand the science at a deeper level, and make the research and the meaning of that research visible to an audience through their art. The course concluded with performances by the students that combined science and art content.
The course was co-taught by Barry Chernoff, director of the College of the Environmental and Leigh Fondakowski, head writer of THE LARAMIE PROJECT, a play based on interviews with the town of Laramie, Wyoming in the aftermath of the brutal beating and death of gay University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard.
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