Teaching the Environmental Humanities International Perspectives and Practices

• Published in: Environmental humanities Vol. 11; no. 2; pp. 427 - 460
• Main Authors: O’Gorman, Emily, van Dooren, Thom, Münster, Ursula, Adamson, Joni, Mauch, Christof, Sörlin, Sverker, Armiero, Marco, Lindström, Kati, Houston, Donna, Pádua, José Augusto, Rigby, Kate, Jones, Owain, Motion, Judy, Muecke, Stephen, Chang, Chia-ju, Lu, Shuyuan, Jones, Christopher, Green, Lesley, Matose, Frank, Twidle, Hedley, Schneider-Mayerson, Matthew, Wiggin, Bethany, Jørgensen, Dolly
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Durham Duke University Press 01.11.2019; Duke University Press, NC & IL
• Subjects: Authorship; Cultural differences; Cultural Studies; environmental humanities; Environmental Studies; experimental pedagogies; Historiska studier av teknik, vetenskap och miljö; History of Science, Technology and Environment; Humanities; interdisciplinary; Interdisciplinary aspects; Regional variations; Science and Technology Studies; Teaching; Teams; Uptake; Variability; experimental pedagogies; teaching; environmental humanities; interdisciplinary
• ISSN: 2201-1919; 2201-1919
• DOI: 10.1215/22011919-7754545

This article provides the first international overview and detailed discussion of teaching in the environmental humanities (EH). It is divided into three parts. The first offers a series of regional overviews: where, when, and how EH teaching is taking place. This part highlights some key regional variability in the uptake of teaching in this area, emphasizing important differences in cultural and pedagogical contexts. The second part is a critical engagement with some of the key challenges and opportunities that are emerging in EH teaching, centering on how the field is being defined, shared concepts and ideas, interdisciplinary pedagogies, and the centrality of experimental and public-facing approaches to teaching. The final part of the article offers six brief summaries of experimental pedagogies from our authorship team that aim to give a concrete sense of EH teaching in practice.