What is collapse and sustainability?
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Topic |
what should i Do Before class? |
due dates |
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23 Jan
MON |
9:00 Course Overview
11:15 First Monday Speaker |
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24 Jan
TUE |
What is sustainability and sustainable development?
Discuss: Thiele, Intro, CH 1, 2, and Walker 6:00 - 7:30 pm City Center Speaker Series - Gil Penalosa (not required) |
READ: Thiele, Introduction and Chapter 1, 2 (bring book to class)
READ: Walker (2007), in Canvas READ: This course website; come to class with any questions. |
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25 Jan
WED |
What is resilience? What is a complex adaptive system?
Discuss: Thiele, CH 3; Biggs 2:30 - 4:00 Meet with Gil Penalosa in our classroom (optional) |
READ: Thiele, Chapter 3
READ: Biggs et al. (2012) and in Canvas WATCH (Optional): Future Sustainable Development, Stockholm Resilience Center |
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26 Jan
THU |
What is collapse?
Collapse in the SW, Case study: Mesa Verde and Hohokam Discuss: Thiele and Railey and Reycraft |
READ: Thiele, Conclusion
READ: Railey and Reycraft (2008) READ: Loendorf and Lewis (2017) READ, WATCH: Monastersky, The Greatest Vanishing Act in Prehistoric America |
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27 Jan
FRI |
What then must we do? Starting with developing a long-term perspective.
Examples of the long-term perspective in action (e.g., climate change, history). Discuss: Thiele, Diamond, Morris and the value of the past. |
Key concepts quiz available on Canvas Saturday afternoon; Submit quiz questions (for extra credit) due via email to me by 6:00 am Saturday.
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what are some important examples of collapse and SUSTAINABILITY from the past?
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30 Jan
MON |
What are examples of applying a long-term perspective?
Finding questions in the present and insights from the past; archaeological vulnerability assessment |
READ: Ingram and Gilpin, Southwestern Archaeology Beyond Archaeology (and in Canvas)
READ: Human Vulnerability to Environmental Change Note: you should also be identifying research questions and narrative ideas; briefly test the questions/ideas in class today! |
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31 Jan
TUE |
Research Methods Seminar
Scrivener, CMap, Slack, Argument mapping; communicating through the ABT method. |
Download Scrivener, CMap, Slack (desktop version); Bring laptop, if available, to class
READ: ABT Reading, Canvas - this is a resource to develop your narrative presentation WATCH: Collapse video |
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1 Feb
WED |
Research questions pitched and teams form.
Critique of instructor ABT presentations. Preparation for field trip. Discuss: Diamond and comparative methods |
Come to class prepared to pitch a research question to form a research team
READ: Diamond and Robinson, Natural Experiments, Prologue (Canvas) READ: Diamond and Robinson, Natural Experiments using Comparative Methods Respond to invitation to Slack. |
PRESENT: potential research questions
Key concepts quiz must be complete by 6 pm |
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2 Feb
THU |
All day trip to Denver to Colorado Saving Places conference
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MEET: with your research team to work on your Research proposal.
SELECT: the sessions you'd like to attend OPTIONAL: Read Diamond, Inter-island Comparisons (Haiti and Dominican Republic) - Canvas |
Meet at 8:30 am, north side of Barnes. Return to CC by approx. 7:00 pm
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3 Feb
FRI |
What did you learn at the conference?
Case study: Hohokam |
MEET: with your research team to work on your Research proposal
READ: Hill et al. (2016) |
What are some more examples, and how do i find insights from the past?
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6 Feb
MON |
Research proposal discussion
Class votes on "funding" presented proposals. Discuss: Butzer and Tainter |
PRESENT: team Research proposals (voting for funding)
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7 Feb
TUE |
Ancient agricultural techniques
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Un-funded teams will re-present their proposals.
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8 Feb
WED |
Case study: Greenland and Iceland
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READ: Why did Greenland's Vikings disappear?
READ: Einarsson et al. (2015) WATCH: In the Footsteps of the Norse |
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9 Feb
THU |
Case study: Easter Island
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READ: Diamond, Lessons from Environmental Collapses
READ: Rolett and Diamond (2004); note Supplementary details on Methods and Data WATCH: BBC, Easter Island film (optional) READ: Rolett (2007) Avoiding Collapse: Pre-European Sustainability on Pacific Islands (optional) |
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10 Feb
FRI |
Case study: Maya
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READ: Aimers and Hodell: Drought and the Maya
READ: Turner and Sabloff (2012) Both also available in Canvas. |
All groups present an update for the class on where your team is with your research.
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communicating the past to inform the present and future
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13 Feb
MON |
Writing day, no class; My office hours 9:30 to 12:00 and 1:30 to 3:00 pm. Classroom will be open 1:30 to 3:00 for those interested in peer review.
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14 Feb
TUE |
Preserving the Past; What do you do when you find an artifact?
Processing the Research Report experience. |
READ: Amateurs, Finders Keepers (Canvas)
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Submit: Research Report by 9:30 am, upload to Canvas. Present: An ABT narrative of your Research Report (see rubric).
Team evaluation of individuals (in-class); All argument maps due by 9:30 am, including those for extra credit. |
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15 Feb
WED |
READ: Morrison, Failure and How to Avoid It
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Narrative Presentations due (non-Research Report).
Can the Past Inform the Future essay due by 9:30 am. |
