Re-Wilding Harvard
HIST 1973
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Course Information
Description
This class uses history to make a difference in the natural world. Rewilding returns a habitat to an earlier form to promote biodiversity; urban rewilding does this within urban spaces. In this class, we will research historical and cultural definitions of wilderness and landscape, identify what precolonialist habitats were like in New England, survey how such places might be restored, and then contribute to a ten-year urban rewilding plan for Harvard, including an outdoor exhibit for the Harvard Museums of Science and Culture and a GIS reconstruction of Harvard’s landscape history. The class is open to both graduate students and undergraduates in a broad and relevant range of disciplines and will fulfill conference course credit in the History Department.
Course Notes
This course meets the "North America" History Concentration requirement & can be used to fulfill the seminar requirement.
Available for Harvard Cross Registration
