A Global Humanities Approach to the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals

ISBN-13: 9781032484020 / Twarda / 2023 / 272 str.

Opis

This textbook explores the 17 UN SDGs through 12 works from the humanities, including films, novels, and photographic collections. It can be used by students and instructors at undergraduate and postgraduate level from any subject background, particularly, but not exclusively, those in the humanities. 

Recenzje

"This engaging collection reveals the vital links between the humanities and the SDG framework. An integrative humanities perspective calls attention to the work of global artists, writers, and texts underrepresented in studies of environment, climate, and sustainability. Foregrounding the 2030 Agenda, the book centers on the themes of Planet, People, and Prosperity. Through an exploration of science fiction, photography, documentary film, and other genres, this highly accessible collection brings the global humanities into generative dialogue with education for sustainable development."

John C. Ryan, Adjunct Associate Professor at Southern Cross University, Australia, and Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at the Nulungu Institute, Notre Dame University, Australia

Spis treści

Introduction: A Global Humanities Approach to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)  Part 1: Planet: Relating Global Humanities Texts to UN SDGs 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, and 15  1. Aya Hanabusa’s Holy Island: Nuclear Power and Political Resistance in Iwaishima, Japan  2. Barbara Dombrowski’s Photographs and Art Installations of People and Landscapes: Tropic Ice: Dialog Between Places Affected by Climate Change  3. Fabrice Monteiro’s The Prophecy: Trash Art Photography Protests Trashing the Planet  4. Kip Andersen and Keegan Kuhn’s Cowspiracy: Animal Agriculture and the “Sustainability Secret”  Part 2: People: Relating Global Humanities Texts to UN SDGs 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5   5. Fernando Contreras Castro’s Única Looking at the Sea: Marginalization, Community, and Politics from a Garbage Dump  6. Agnès Varda’s The Gleaners and I: From Waste to Wonder—A Cinematic Odyssey on Food Loss and Gleaning  7. Agustina Bazterrica’s Tender is the Flesh: Devouring Each Other in Consumerist Society  8. Kief Davidson and Pedro Kos’s Bending the Arc: Public Health Pioneers Fight for Universal Health Equity  Part 3: Prosperity: Relating Global Humanities Texts to UN SDGs 8, 9, 10, 11, and 16   9. Arvind Adiga’s The White Tiger: Stagnation or Social Mobility in Modern India  10. Ivan Sanjinés, Nicolás Ipamo and Alejandro Noza’s Cry of the Forest: Sustainable Development and the Indigenous Communities of Bolivia  11. Hao Jingfang’s “Folding Beijing”: Unequal Time and Space in a Dystopian City  12. Wang Jiuliang’s Plastic China: Unveiling the Façade of Prosperity  Conclusion: Think Global, Act Local: Partnerships and Projects (SDG 17)

O autorze

Kelly Comfort is Professor in the School of Modern Languages at the Georgia Institute of Technology, USA.