{"id":13038,"date":"2016-03-27T16:18:11","date_gmt":"2016-03-27T23:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-ehc-english-ucsb-edu-v01.pantheonsite.io\/?p=13038"},"modified":"2018-05-02T16:21:37","modified_gmt":"2018-05-02T23:21:37","slug":"panel-7-ecocriticism-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/?p=13038","title":{"rendered":"Panel 7: Ecocriticism I"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  style='height:65px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/live-ehc-english-ucsb-edu-v01.pantheonsite.io\/?page_id=12687\"><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #808080;\">CLIMATE CHANGE: VIEWS FROM THE HUMANITIES<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/live-ehc-english-ucsb-edu-v01.pantheonsite.io\/?page_id=12687\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #808080;\">A NEARLY CARBON-NEUTRAL CONFERENCE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div   class='hr hr-short hr-center   avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_hr '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div  style='height:20px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_hr '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #808080; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Panel 7: Ecocriticism I<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[easy-share buttons=&#8221;facebook,twitter,linkedin,mail&#8221; counters=0 native=&#8221;no&#8221; image=https:\/\/live-ehc-english-ucsb-edu-v01.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/yusuke-asai-waf-1.jpg url=https:\/\/live-ehc-english-ucsb-edu-v01.pantheonsite.io\/?p=13038 facebook_text=Share twitter_text=Tweet\u00a0linkedin_text=Link text=&#8221;First panel on\u00a0Ecocriticism at #ehi16 nearly carbon-free conference.&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><div  style='height:50px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_two_third '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div> <div class=\"flex_column av_two_third  flex_column_div first  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_one_third  \" ><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/164858802?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;color=5A7D5A\" width=\"672\" height=\"370\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p><\/div> <div class=\"flex_column av_one_third  flex_column_div   avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_two_third  el_before_av_hr  \" ><div  style='height:1px; margin-top:0px'  class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-6  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><em>Once but Not Now: Environmental Degradation in Thomas King\u2019s \u201cThe Back of the Turtle\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Olivia Pellegrino, University of Toronto<\/p>\n<p>This talk will analyze Thomas King&#8217;s novel, The Back of the Turtle, an ecocritical work that looks at the social and environmental consequences of corporations valuing profit over preservation. The author will also connect the novel to apocalyptic environmental narratives so as to better contextualize what it is King does and what his writing says about the future of climate justice (<a href=\"https:\/\/live-ehc-english-ucsb-edu-v01.pantheonsite.io\/?page_id=12613#Pellegrino\">more<\/a>).<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><div  style='height:20px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_one_third  el_before_av_hr '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<p><div  style='height:50px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_two_third '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div> <div class=\"flex_column av_two_third  flex_column_div first  avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_one_third  \" ><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/164919129?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;color=5A7D5A\" width=\"672\" height=\"370\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p><\/div> <div class=\"flex_column av_one_third  flex_column_div   avia-builder-el-10  el_after_av_two_third  el_before_av_hr  \" ><div  style='height:1px; margin-top:0px'  class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-11  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Ecology and the Critique of \u201cHistory\u201d: The God of Small Things as a Humanist Text<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Abhay Doshi,\u00a0University of Minnesota<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">This talk examines the radical ecology critics attribute to Arundhati Roy&#8217;s The God of Small Things that dismantles the privileged position of the human over the non-human. In contrast to currents\u00a0turns to anti or posthumanism, the author stresses that this radical view can only be grasped by retaining certain core humanistic ideals that have been overlooked recently in the humanities (<a href=\"https:\/\/live-ehc-english-ucsb-edu-v01.pantheonsite.io\/?page_id=12613#Doshi\">more<\/a>).<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><div  style='height:20px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-12  el_after_av_one_third  el_before_av_hr '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<p><div  style='height:50px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-13  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_two_third '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div> <div class=\"flex_column av_two_third  flex_column_div first  avia-builder-el-14  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_one_third  \" ><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/163992270?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;color=5A7D5A\" width=\"672\" height=\"370\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p><\/div> <div class=\"flex_column av_one_third  flex_column_div   avia-builder-el-15  el_after_av_two_third  el_before_av_hr  \" ><div  style='height:1px; margin-top:0px'  class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-16  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><em>Petrodystopia in Karen Tei Yamashita&#8217;s &#8220;Tropic of Orange&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Olivia Chen,\u00a0Washington University in St. Louis<\/p>\n<p>This talk provides a new perspective on Karen Tei Yamashita\u2019s ecocritical work, Tropic of Orange. Building upon established political and literature analyses, the author analyzes Yamashita&#8217;s work through the oil culture and its deep connection with the environment and modern society (<a href=\"https:\/\/live-ehc-english-ucsb-edu-v01.pantheonsite.io\/?page_id=12613#Chen\">more<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><div  style='height:80px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-17  el_after_av_one_third  el_before_av_hr '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Q &amp; A<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><div  style='height:20px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-18  el_after_av_hr  avia-builder-el-last '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Have questions or comments? Feel free to take part in the Q&amp;A!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><span class=\"s1\">Before posting, you must first\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/live-ehc-english-ucsb-edu-v01.pantheonsite.io\/?page_id=12500\">register<\/a>.\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">Note that questions and comments can be intended for\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">individual speakers, the entire panel, or anyone who\u00a0has posted to\u00a0the Q&amp;A. R<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s1\">espond directly to a particular question\/comment\u00a0by way of the little &#8220;reply&#8221; below it. The vertical threadlike lines are there\u00a0to\u00a0make it easier to see which part of the discussion (i.e. &#8220;thread&#8221;) you are taking up.\u00a0You can choose to be notified via email (see below) whenever <\/span>a question, answer, or comment is posted to this particular Q&amp;A. 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