It Came From Beijing: Ecocritical Transpacific Dialogue
by Graham Hall 3.12.13 A few weeks ago UCF co-hosted a “transpacific” conference for ecocritics from Beijing Language and Culture University and UCF. Some of UCF’s grad students and myself met with visiting Chinese grad students and escorted them around campus on a guided tour of sorts, answering questions like “WHAT IS THAT?” in...
Watch Yourself: “Panopticism” and Communicating Environmentalism
2.8.13 by Graham Hall Recently I found myself in a situation in which I felt particularly hesitant to express an environmentalist stance. It’s not necessarily that I felt threatened physically, but rather socially. I was discouraged by the fact that the circumstance threatened my standing within a social context (i.e. family, school, work) and...
“Bah! Humbug!”: Tracing the Tension Between Consumerism and Environmentalism
1.2.13 by Graham Hall Earlier today, as my sister showed me her newest pair of UGG clogs and told me to “touch the inside! It’s fur,” it occurred to me, as it often has before, just exactly how much I don’t care. I cannot express here in words the extent to which I don’t care...