https://writingresources.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/f5f7fb78d0469833705b9c16ffcd56b2.pdf 41f721b9100d850507e77a0f7d499a26 PDF Text Text YOUR PLACE OUTD 1150 Term Project PROJECT DESCRIPTION & SIGNIFICANCE: This project invites you to find Your Place: a natural place on campus where you feel comfortable and engaged. Based on past student experiences, we know Your Place will become a powerful guide. Spending time here will sharpen your inborn abilities to tap into vast wisdoms held by wild communities of life. We need this vital knowledge to move forward in ecologically intelligent and compassionate ways. We need this wisdom to become fully human. Re-membering our way back into our wild families of life simply requires our respectful participation. The land community joyfully awaits our return. During each visit to Your Place, we encourage you to:  give your full attention during time spent with Your Place relations  make a personal commitment to regularly spend time with Your Place  allow new ways of sensory learning to deepen your sense of place  be curious; ask questions  seek diverse understandings to your questions and mindful ways of being  explore connections between self, community, and all your relations  record your discoveries, thoughts and feelings in a meaningful and creative way to help you re-member, reflect upon, and share your experiences with others. INTENTION: To gratefully acknowledge the ecological, spiritual, intellectual and emotional importance of wildlife communities here at Lakehead University and the larger bioregion. To give back to these generous life-sustaining communities by developing respectful mindfulness, by increasing our capacity to learn directly from the land via practicing core routines, and by honing our reflective thinking and writing skills as a way of sharing experiences and boldly speaking our truths as full members of the land community. There is a way that nature speaks, that land speaks. Most of the time we are simply not patient enough, quiet enough, to pay attention to the story Linda Hog, Chickasaw academic & author 1 �YOUR PLACE TERM PROJECT OVERVIEW: Assignment #1 Your Place Map & Reflection Due. Sept. 26 20% Assignment #2 Your Choice Core Routine & Reflection 20% Choose ONE of the following options: Option A. Expanding Senses with Our Plant Relations. Due Oct. 17 Option B. Bird Relations & Listening for Bird Language. Due Oct. 24 Option C. Questioning & Tracking. Due Oct. 31 Assignment #3 Story of the Day & Reflection To be scheduled Nov. 21 or 28 20% Please see the following pages for assignment details. What questions do you have? Please ask! Project Reflections from Former Students The sacred question is a gift that all of us posses yet hardly ever use. It is the ability to look at something and go through a process of questioning which will allow you to understand and connect with nature. It is about looking deeper into why things are they way they are. It is a quest for continual knowledge and understanding of life and all that’s in it. E. P. & R.H. While in our place we are overcome with the feeling of peace. The sense of peace became a strong connection with both of us and when we visited our place all we could do was listen to the water and wind and just connect more with ourselves and be who we are . . . Having a place such as this is a great getaway from the everyday stresses in life and people should become more aware of the emotional and personal connections they can make with nature. M.G & C. A. 2 �Term Project Assignment #1 YOUR PLACE MAP & REFLECTION Due: Week 3, Monday, September 26th, 2016. Worth: 20% of final grade. Required Readings: See readings listed in course schedule for Sept. 19th. Each group (ideally 2 people) will select a specific natural location on campus. Your Place will be the basis for all 3 term project assignments. Assignment #1 PART I: Explore and Map Your Place /25 marks Before next class (September 19), find Your Place and spend time exploring. Where do you feel most comfortable? Be curious! Be observant! Notice both general landscape patterns and finer details. Record as many individual notes and sketches from your first and return visits in your journal/notebook. Use your notes to help create your map. The map should provide evidence of your exploration and keen observation skills. Based on your shared observations, co-create a map of Your Place and answer together the following five questions: 1. What feature marks the centre of your circle? (Coyote’s Guide refers to this place as a “sit spot.”). (Draw and label the sit spot feature on your map). /1 2. What features will help you remember the four directions? (Draw each feature on your map that marks N, S, E & W. Be sure to label each direction). /4 3. What are the prominent landscape patterns (e.g. habitats, water bodies, elevation, etc.) of Your Place? Draw and clearly label at least 5 features and/or symbols on your map. /5 4. What discoveries did you make? For example, you may notice a particular plant, track, animal, fungus, rock outcrop, sound, smells, etc. Your map should include at least 10 discoveries. /10 5. Overall map evaluation. Creativity & effort put into the map’s visual presentation including layout, level of detail, creative use of colour, clear images and symbols, neatness, etc. /5 Community Mapping—a powerful way to stand up for places we love. 3 �Assignment #1 PART II: Mindfulness Through Reflective Writing /100 marks Each member of your group will submit an individual typewritten reflection by addressing the following questions. Please clearly number each question. Use the DASE Reflective Writing Tool and term project rubric to guide you. 1. Describe Your Place. 2. Define the concept “core routine.” What specific core routines, skills, and knowledge do you hope to develop by spending time in Your Place? Why? 3. What values have emerged through mapping Your Place? 4. Drawing upon Maeve Lydon’s article, Community Mapping: The Recovery (And Discovery) of Our Common Ground, describe the general benefits of community mapping. Did you experience any of these benefits while mapping Your Place with your partner? ASSIGNMENT #1 TOTAL /125 marks COMMUNITY CIRCLE Takes place Sept. 19th and contributes towards your course participation mark. We shall gather together as a community to share each group’s land connections and experiences. Please come prepared to mark the location of Your Place on the OUTD 1150 Community Map (provided by instructors). Each group will have an opportunity to share a creative place name that captures the essence of Your Place. Additionally, we will discuss Maeve Lydon’s article and share our personal insights. Please read the article with the aim of tuning into specific ideas that resonate with you, as well as ideas that challenge or disturb your current values and knowledge. Be prepared to share a sentence or paragraph you would like to comment on. 4 �Term Project Assignment #2 YOUR CHOICE CORE ROUTINE & REFLECTION Now that you have found YOUR PLACE, it’s time get to know this land community in a deeper way. We enter into meaningful land relationships through positive intent, awareness and direct participation: attributes nurtured by the core routines. Core routines are simply habits/ways of being that maximize our innate capacity to connect and learn with the land. In this assignment you have the opportunity to choose one of three core routines: expanding our senses; listening for bird language; or questioning and tracking. Intention: A playful opportunity for you to develop a core routine and share how practicing this new routine influenced your relationship with a land community (Your Place, your backyard, the bioregion and/or your home region). Choose ONE of the following options and complete Part I & II (see below). Note: the assignment is due two weeks after the related in-class discussions and field trip. Option A. Expanding Senses with Our Plant Relations Due Oct. 17 20% Required Readings: See readings listed in course schedule for Sept. 26th. Option B. Bird Relations & Listening for Bird Language Due Oct. 24 20% Required Readings: See readings listed in course schedule for Oct 3rd. Option C. Questioning & Tracking Due Oct. 31 20% Required Readings: See readings listed in course schedule for Oct 17th. Assignment #2 PART I: Creative Expression of Your Core Routine Experience /25 marks Practice the core routine and demonstrate your experience via any creative expression of your choice. Assignment #2 PART II: Reflection on Significance to Developing Land Relations /100 marks Yeah! Part II gives you another opportunity to master your reflective writing!! Each member of your group will submit an individual typewritten reflection by addressing the following questions. Please clearly number each question. Use the DASE Reflective Writing Tool and term project rubric to guide you. Please note that marks are given for improvement so be sure to review our suggestions from Assignment #1. 1. In your own words, describe your chosen core routine. Why did this option appeal to you? 2. Share your experiences applying this core routine. 3. What did you discover regarding your relationship with a specific land community (Your Place, your backyard, the bioregion and/or your home region)? How does your experience compare with concepts discussed in the required readings? ASSIGNMENT #2 TOTAL / 125 marks 5 �Term Project Assignment #3 STORY OF THE DAY & REFLECTION To be scheduled on Monday November 21st or November 28th. Please dress appropriately for your warmth and comfort, as we will be outside for the entire class time. Bringing a warm drink or other energy source is recommended. Worth: 20% of final grade. Required Readings: Coyote’s Guide p. 41-44, 113-116, 296-299. Learning from the Land by Brian “Fox” Ellis. Winter is a time for slowing down, reflection and sharing stories. As the Land Relations course moves towards closure, we will celebrate our collective land connections by sharing stories that emerged from Your Place experiences. The story sharing will happen at Your Place. You are welcome to bring along your journal/notebook, map and any other items that may aid your story sharing. Assignment #3 PART 1 CELEBRATION of YOUR PLACE /25 marks This assignment offers an opportunity for your group to share your special place and the teachings from the land. Your group’s presentation should be approximately 15 minutes in duration. Please ensure each person contributes equally to the presentation. Your group’s presentation should include:  An informal tour of Your Place. Help us connect by indicating the general boundaries, your sit spots, the four directions, and key features of the land community.  A Story of the Day from each group member. Presentation Evaluation Criteria: • • • • • 6 Evidence of familiarity with Your Place /5 Engaging place-based stories /5 Accurate information shared /5 Well organized. Presentation kept to time limit. /5 Respect shown for land and our learning community /5 �Assignment #3 PART II: Reflection on Storied Places & Evolving Land Relations /100 marks Each member of your group will submit an individual typewritten reflection by addressing the following questions. Please clearly number each question. Use the DASE Reflective Writing Tool and term project rubric to guide you. Please note that marks are given for improvement so be sure to review our suggestions from Assignments #1 & #2. 1. In what ways did hearing stories about other students’ places impact you? Why? 2. How did your relationship with this land community change over the past 10 weeks? 3. What did you learn about yourself, this bioregion, and/or your home-bioregion from your personal experiences in Your Place? 4. Reflecting on the overall significance and intention of the term project (see page 1), which aspects of this project will most benefit your ongoing land relations journey? Why? ASSIGNMENT #3 TOTAL /125 marks 7 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Assignments Hyperlink A link, or reference, to another resource on the Internet. 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