UPPP 152 - Cultural Ecology and Environmental Design - Winter 2019: Home

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This course forces you to think about your space, personal and shared environments and the choices that you make there. This is a very interdisciplinary process and may include.

• traditional or vernacular mechanisms to study cultural significance or emphasis
• sustainable environmental efforts
• a psychological examination that takes place relying upon the discipline of environmental psychology
• an ethnographic or cultural orientation - perhaps anthropological
• demographic - population dependent
• geographic - location dependent
• environmental - what about influences of climate, need for open space, green practices, sustainability
• social - what kinds of relationships evolve, develop, or are restrained
• economic - there are costs associated requiring fiscal planning
• religious - different faiths and practices require or suggest needs and preferences
• artistic - an aesthetic that fits architectural and artistic details into local situations

The emphasis this year will be on Japan and this guide will lead you to resources that promote an cultural and ecological study of Japan, its landscape, architecture and lifestyle.

Library Hours for the academic term:  Please consult the Library Hours before making a disappointing trip.  Mon-Thurs from 8-11; Fri from 8-6 and Sat & Sun from 1-5; Gateway Commons is open Mon-Thurs from 8am-3am; Friday, from 8am-9pm; Saturday and Sunday from 5-9pm. All libraries will be closed on Monday, January 21 for MLK Day and Feb 18 for Presidents' Day.