Monday, February 18, 2013
Friday, February 15, 2013
A2 Reading Response/Heuristic
Please follow the instructions and provide your responses as a comment to this blog post.
After our in-class discussions and the application of "The Pentad," the next step in answering this prompt is to find a main claim from the Bookchin and/or Bradford that will become the central criteria by which you evaluate in what ways Davis and/or Didion's portrayal of life in Malibu reflects the Deep Ecology vs. Social Ecology debate. So:
Pick three (3) central claims from the Bookchin and/or Bradford and explain how they relate to the depiction of the Malibu fires in the Davis and/or Didion.
Examples:
Bookchin's criticism of our hierarchical social organization finds clear support in the way that Davis explains the class distinctions he believes have given rise to the unequal allocation of emergency resources in Los Angeles.
Or
Didion's emotional connection to the beauty and tranquility of Malibu represents a vital connection between identity and place that Bookchin's critique disregards too quickly and with too little attention to the inescapable ways in which people create a sense of dwelling. Home is, after all, as much an emotional state as it is a social construct.
As always, there are no right answers at this stage of the game. We are just trying to start putting some ideas in relation to each other. So don't let self-consiousness edit your responses. Just make some claims that we can talk about and which might ultimately find their way into your essay either as a thesis claim or a supportive assertion.
Have a good weekend.
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