Files
Description
This learning module is designed to introduce humanities questions into environmental engineering, planning, technology, and science courses. This module simulates cooperative and interdisciplinary environmental problem solving in an urban, industrial neighborhood which faced environmental injustice in the past. Using a neighborhood case study, students consider the historical context, five different stakeholder perspectives, and environmental justice dimensions of this community as integral to their technical design proposals related to one or more of the following topics: urban park development, waste and stormwater management, brownfield redevelopment and living shorelines. Through exposing students to research data obtained through humanities methods, such as environmental history, community planning, and oral history, this learning module tasks students with twinning social and technical objectives in environmental design and engineering solutions. Active listening activities using audio files are assigned to meaningfully engage students with the lived experiences and perspectives of environmental professionals, government agencies, and community members in the past and present as part of proposing sustainable (future) solutions.
Publication Date
9-9-2019
Subject
Environmental Justice;
Document Type
Curricular Materials
Disciplines
Urban Studies
DOI
10.31986/issn.2689-0690_rdw.oer.1012
Recommended Citation
Kitson, Jennifer L. and Howell, Ted, "Exploring Environmental Justice through Listening: An Environmental Design Case Study in Camden, NJ" (2019). Open Educational Resources. 10.
https://rdw.rowan.edu/oer/10
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Comments
This learning module was developed as part of a 2018-2019 NEH Human Connections grant to Rowan University faculty titled Cultivating the Environmental Humanities. This content is copyright 2019 by the author and must be properly attributed (see Recommended Citation). Contact the author for reuse permission.