Troubled Waters: Tracing Globalization and Waste in the Delaware River. Issue 1 (3rd January 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Borowiak, Craig; Funari, Vicky; Ross, Jesikah Maria; White, Helen K.
• Is Part Of: PS, political science & politics. Volume 50:Issue 1(2017)
• Page Start: 193
• Page End: 198
• Publication Date: 2017-01-03
• Subjects: Political science -- Periodicals; 320.05
• DOI: 10.1017/S1049096516002420
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1049-0965

Abstract

ABSTRACT: In spring 2014, an interdisciplinary media project titled "Troubled Waters: Tracing Waste in the Delaware River" was organized at Haverford College. This project brought together more than 50 students from four courses comprising introductory political science, chemistry, and documentary film students, as well as a community media artist and community partners. The aim was to explore the causes, impacts, and meanings of different types of waste that are polluting the Delaware River. Chemistry students collected samples to determine the presence of chemicals from various waste products, political science students traced the waste to globalized production processes, and documentary students explored diverse ways of representing the theme of waste on screen. This article describes the project and how it might serve as a pedagogical model for multicourse interdisciplinary collaboration and community engagement.