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The Belly Is a Garden
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Spring 2024
Course Description
Inspired by the Palestinian saying El Batin Bustan (The Belly is a Garden) this course explores bio-cultural diversity and the question of being of the earth and part of its diverse terrains. How biodiversity and human diversity can serve as a way towards well-being and how we can understand ourselves as co-creators with nature are fundamental questions we will be exploring. This course is designed as an experiential journey that students will take through a multitude of mediums including readings, class discussions, fieldwork, nature walks, writing, workshops, and other art forms that will be decided upon in a collaborative exercise between the instructor and students. In an attempt to deconstruct colonial forms of being we will be exploring ourselves as living beings navigating a global landscape that is both in crisis and in constant transformation. How do we relate to the soil beneath our feet? How can we be informed by other living beings in our surroundings? Between the question of settler and indigenous, how can we better understand ourselves, and our place in the world, while engaging in collaborative designs of new possible futures?
This course counts towards the
Food Studies certificate
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Campuses Offering the Course
Al-Quds Bard College
Instructor
Vivien Sansour
, Al-Quds Bard College