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Badir, Patricia
Premodern Ecologies in the Modern Literary Imagination, 04/2019Book Chapter
“What if this were your backyard?” A promotional video for the University of British Columbia poses this question of potential recruits. The camera pans a mountain range – blue sky, Douglas fir, rocks. The music swells. Cut to a forest scene. We see tall evergreen trees, shafts of sunlight, and students glossed by this caption: “And this your classroom?” Should you come here, the video promises, “You will see the world differently … Discover a way to make a difference. And in turn discover yourself.”¹ I teach Shakespeare. Should it matter where I do it? Yes, another sea-to-sky UBC video
