American Swamps - 1 Week

Tu+Fri, 6-8pm ET
1 week, March 4-7

In this course we’ll examine the North American swampland as a site of physical, cognitive, and political significance. Swamps were a major antagonist to the colonization of the eastern seaboard. The physical features of swamps inherently resisted colonial efforts to both demarcate borders and to extract natural resources for commodification. Meanwhile, swamps adjacent to Southern plantations became a refuge for those escaping slavery. We will examine ethnographic, philosophical, political, and aesthetic texts and media from the 18th century to the present to understand this powerful geography.

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Instructor: Noelle Dubay completed a PhD in English from Johns Hopkins University in 2020, with specializations in American, environmental, and queer literatures. They are co-director of The Monson Seminar, an undergraduate arts and research residency program in Monson, ME. They teach literature and writing courses in a variety of university and community settings.