Turning in Revisions

To turn in a revision or late assignment, please bring it to the History / Political Science departmental office in St Joe's. If no-one is there, you can slide it under the door. For a revision, be sure to include the original along with the revised version of your paper. IMPORTANT: IF YOU LEAVE SOMETHING FOR ME IN THE OFFICE, PLEASE SEND ME AN EMAIL TO LET ME KNOW IT'S THERE - THAT WAY, IF IT IS MISPLACE BEFORE IT GETS TO ME, I KNOW THAT I NEED TO LOOK FOR IT.

Thanks and have a very nice holiday break to you all.

Patti Andrews

Final Exam Study Guide

If you can respond to the following questions and prompts using 6-minute answers, you should do well on the final.

1. Describe the experience Stephan Harding had that led him to spend the rest of his career practicing and developing “Holistic Science.” How did Holistic Science address his concerns?

2. What is “Gaia”? In what way is Gaia an “animate Earth”?

3. How can people develop a felt sense of the earth? How is that different from the understandings they have through scientific knowledge? Why are both important?

4. Summarize what came to be known as Lovelock’s Gaia Theory.

5. Do the meditation “Sensing the Round Earth” – continue in place and reflect on how your practice of meditation, yoga, plogging has enabled you to experience the earth on a more sensuous level.

6. Describe the experience David Abram had in the cave. What insights arose in him as a result of this experience?

7. Thomas Berry writes about Wonder World and Waste World. What does he mean by these terms? 

8. What happens to organic material if it’s put in the landfill? What happens to it if it is composted? What role do worms play in the process of composting? What are some practical ways your generation will need to change the behavior of human society around issues of waste disposal?

9. Having done Harding’s earth meditation, and reflected on your own practice of yoga, meditation or plogging, how would you describe to a friend the value of developing a personal practice that helps connect you with the living planet?

10. What concrete skill did you develop in the context of your team activity this semester? Write a bullet point you could use on your resume that highlights that skill.