Written for Philosophy 215, Spring 2014 (Jay Odenbaugh)
A Meandering Reversal: Locating Quentin Compson’s Drowning in William Faulkner’s Early Career & The Southern Landscape
The final weeks of Fall 15 brought heavy and unending rain to the city of Portland. For me, I was also invested in the first half of a varsity swim season and immersed in the hydrology unit of my introductory geology class. Needless to say, there was a lot of water happening in my life. […]
Why “Postlapsarian”?: Theoretical Implications of a Big Word
Last week, our class presented our praxis project posters at the Festival of Scholars, a day of conference-style panels, poster sessions, performances, and other displays of student work. For my ENVS 350 poster, titled “Do Fallen Trees Build Character? Postlapsarian Knowledge in a Post-Logging Town,” the most common question I received from poster-viewers was “What […]
Douglas County: Methods & Results
What we found in Douglas County was material so rich and novel that it was overwhelming to choose a quick project to accomplish in a short amount of time. From the drive down I5 to the initial conversations we had with the county commissioners (present and former), my classmates and I found many resonances with […]
Field Trip Lessons: Coping with Loss in Douglas County, Oregon
This weekend, the ENVS 350 class went in an expedition south of Portland to Douglas County, Oregon to investigate theory on the ground. Thus begins our praxis projects, an attempt to apply theory to a real-life real-place real-people context. First, the field trip was FUN. We had a glimpse of the beautiful weather to come […]