In my opinion, there is no better (nor more timely) treatise on agricultural ecology than Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath.
Michael W. Palmer, Botany Department, Oklahoma State University 104 LSE Stillwater OK 74078 USA 405-744-7717 fax:405-744-7074 LABORATORY FOR INNOVATIVE BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS: http://ecology.okstate.edu/Libra/ OSU Botany: http://botany.okstate.edu/ OSU Ecology: http://ecology.okstate.edu -----Original Message----- From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dr. Gary Grossman Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 8:17 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [ECOLOG-L] ecology in film and lit Dear Colleagues, At some point in my career I'd like to teach a moderately, large non-majors oriented course, delineating basic concepts in ecology and resource management, via film, art and literature. One idea would be to have the film, etc. illustrate the point which could then be reinforced via a book chapter or edited journal article so that they would be understandable by non-majors. Does anyone teach a course like this? If you do, would you mind sharing your materials? If you don't but have ideas about specific films, short stories, paintings, sculptures, etc. please let me know and please also tell us why you would chose that work (i.e. what concept it illustrates). I have a pretty good background in the visual arts, so help with literature and film would be appreciated. As an example of what I'm looking for, I would use the film Dersu Uzala by Kurasawa to illustrate the role of humans relationship to nature. Thanks for your help. g2 -- Gary D. Grossman Distinguished Research Professor - Animal Ecology Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources University of Georgia Athens, GA, USA 30602 http://www.arches.uga.edu/~grossman Board of Editors - Animal Biodiversity and Conservation Editorial Board - Freshwater Biology Editorial Board - Ecology Freshwater Fish
