![]() ![]() Throughout the course, students will visit small rural towns and villages, as well as larger cities throughout New Mexico and also visit with local citizens, land managers, tribal members, elected officials, farmers, and ranchers. ![]() Some days include extended day hikes and throughout the course students will spend time engaging with community members, artists, and scientists throughout the region. The course is split into two sections, each lasting about two weeks the entire course is spent in a frontcountry setting, being vehicle supported. Southwest Climate Studio Art: Change and Resilience in the American Southwest engages students in frontcountry camping across Northern and Western New Mexico. WRFI anticipates credit will be approved and confirmed by January 1, 2023. If for any reason, art credit is not approved, two credits in Climate Change Studies will be offered. *Studio Art credit is pending approval from the University of Montana art department. Students will also integrate their understanding of climate change and their own physical and intellectual journey into an artist’s statement that will accompany their visual representation. Students will engage in a daily practice of creation through sketching and drawing, and will work continuously towards building a body of more complete work expressing their understanding of climate science, community, and place. This rich history provides an incredible backdrop for students to investigate their own expression of climate, ecology, biodiversity, loss, and opportunity through visual forms. These creative outlets have been an integral part of Southwestern culture for millenia, from Indigenous cultures through Spanish cultures through modern American culture. The focus of this work is to develop a deep understanding of how communities have and do respond to climate crises, to consider how collective action can impact climate change, and to engage with traditional and community knowledge holders across one of the longest-occupied areas of land in the Americas.Ĭultural Climate Expression in the American Southwest is an opportunity for students to dive deeply into the variety of traditional and contemporary expressive forms of the American Southwest, including ceramics, textiles, drawings, paintings, sculpture, dance, music, graffiti, and architecture. Students will study traditional narratives of climate alongside ways that the Southwest’s climate is changing today, including readings and discussions about fire ecology, biodiversity loss, water conservation, and anthropogenic climate forces and impacts. Students will learn about Acequia Culture, consider traditional agricultural practices in Northern New Mexico, inspect case studies of Indigenous peoples in the Southwest, and learn from modern researchers and scientists looking to develop climate resilient agricultural and land management practices today. Community Based Resilience to Climate Change is a course designed to introduce students to community-centric practices that build resilience in a changing climate. ![]()
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