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A Global Humanities Approach to the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals Kelly Comfort

A Global Humanities Approach to the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals By Kelly Comfort

A Global Humanities Approach to the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals by Kelly Comfort


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This textbook explores the 17 UN SDGs through 12 works from the humanities, including films, novels, and photographic collections. It can be used by students and instructors at undergraduate and postgraduate level from any subject background, particularly, but not exclusively, those in the humanities.

A Global Humanities Approach to the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals Summary

A Global Humanities Approach to the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals: Understanding Planet, People, and Prosperity by Kelly Comfort

- Provides students with the knowledge and understanding of how the humanities engage in broader social, political, economic and environmental dialogue

- Takes students through the UN SDGs from a theoretical perspective through to practical applications

- Discussion examples include documentary and feature films, photography and literature, across diverse geographies such as Argentina, Australia, China, Costa Rica, Ecuador, France, Greenland, Haiti, India, Japan, Peru, Rwanda, Senegal, and the United States

- Disciplined-agnostic, meaning it can be used by students and instructors at the undergraduate and postgraduate level from any subject background, particularly but not exclusively those in the humanities

- Contains discussion questions, research assignments, writing prompts, and creative project ideas.

A Global Humanities Approach to the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals Reviews

This engaging collection reveals the vital links between the humanities and the SDG framework. An integrative humanities perspective calls attention to the work of global artists, writers, and texts underrepresented in studies of environment, climate, and sustainability. Foregrounding the 2030 Agenda, the book centers on the themes of Planet, People, and Prosperity. Through an exploration of science fiction, photography, documentary film, and other genres, this highly accessible collection brings the global humanities into generative dialogue with education for sustainable development.

John C. Ryan, Adjunct Associate Professor at Southern Cross University, Australia, and Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at the Nulungu Institute, Notre Dame University, Australia

About Kelly Comfort

Kelly Comfort is Professor in the School of Modern Languages at the Georgia Institute of Technology, USA.

Table of Contents

Introduction: A Global Humanities Approach to the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Part 1: Planet: Relating Global Humanities Texts to UN SDGs 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, and 15 1. Aya Hanabusa's Holy Island: Nuclear Power and Political Resistance in Iwaishima, Japan 2. Barbara Dombrowski's Photographs and Art Installations of People and Landscapes: Tropic Ice: Dialog Between Places Affected by Climate Change 3. Fabrice Monteiro's The Prophecy: Trash Art Photography Protests Trashing the Planet 4. Kip Andersen and Keegan Kuhn's Cowspiracy: Animal Agriculture and the Sustainability Secret Part 2: People: Relating Global Humanities Texts to UN SDGs 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 5. Fernando Contreras Castro's Unica Looking at the Sea: Marginalization, Community, and Politics from a Garbage Dump 6. Agnes Varda's The Gleaners and I: From Waste to Wonder-A Cinematic Odyssey on Food Loss and Gleaning 7. Agustina Bazterrica's Tender is the Flesh: Devouring Each Other in Consumerist Society 8. Kief Davidson and Pedro Kos's Bending the Arc: Public Health Pioneers Fight for Universal Health Equity Part 3: Prosperity: Relating Global Humanities Texts to UN SDGs 8, 9, 10, 11, and 16 9. Arvind Adiga's The White Tiger: Stagnation or Social Mobility in Modern India 10. Ivan Sanjines, Nicolas Ipamo and Alejandro Noza's Cry of the Forest: Sustainable Development and the Indigenous Communities of Bolivia 11. Hao Jingfang's Folding Beijing: Unequal Time and Space in a Dystopian City 12. Wang Jiuliang's Plastic China: Unveiling the Facade of Prosperity Conclusion: Think Global, Act Local: Partnerships and Projects (SDG 17)

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NGR9781032484013
9781032484013
1032484012
A Global Humanities Approach to the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals: Understanding Planet, People, and Prosperity by Kelly Comfort
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
2023-10-10
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