Landscape, Art, and Ecology

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 24.01.03

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction: A Multispecies Study
  2. Content Objective
  3. Classroom Context
  4. Butterflies: Small Bodies, Huge Impact
  5. The Fluttering Existence of Butterflies in Art History
  6. Human Migration
  7. The Migrants Connection and Advocate Artists
  8. Teaching Strategy
  9. Classroom Activities
  10. Appendix
  11. Annotated Bibliography
  12. Notes

The Art of Understanding and Connecting through Butterflies

Stephany Jimenez

Published September 2024

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1 Kusserow, Karl. Picture ecology: Art and ecocriticism in planetary perspective. Princeton, NJ: (Princeton University Art Museum, 2021,) p14.

2 Dooren, Thom van, Eben Kirksey, and Ursula Münster. “Multispecies Studiescultivating Arts of Attentiveness.” Environmental Humanities, May 1, 2016. https://read.dukeupress.edu/environmental-humanities/article/8/1/1/61679/Multispecies-StudiesCultivating-Arts-of.

3 “U.S. Forest Service.” Forest Service Shield. Accessed July, 2024. https://www.fs.usda.gov/wildflowers/pollinators/Monarch_Butterfly/migration/index.shtm.

4 “U.S. Forest Service.”

5 Gaynor, Keira. “6 Reasons Why Butterflies Are Important for the Planet.” Eco Redux, March 17, 2024. https://www.ecoredux.com/butterflies-are-important.

6 Gaynor, “6 Reasons Why Butterflies Are Important for the Planet”.

7 Gaynor, “6 Reasons Why Butterflies Are Important for the Planet”.

8 Korpella, Robert. “What Do Butterflies Do for the Environment?” Sciencing, March 2, 2019. https://sciencing.com/what-do-butterflies-do-environment-4580181.html.

9 “IUCN Changes Migratory Monarch Status from Endangered to Vulnerable.” Monarch Joint Venture, December 11, 2023. https://monarchjointventure.org/blog/iucn-changes-migratory-monarch-status-from-endangered-to-vulnerable#:~:text=On%20December%2030%2C%202021%2C%20the,of%20Threatened%20Species%20as%20endangered.

10 Opinion | how the amazing monarch butterfly migrants became refugees — from US - The Washington Post. Accessed July 16, 2024. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/28/how-amazing-monarch-butterfly-migrants-became-refugees-us/.

11 Opinion | how the amazing monarch butterfly migrants became refugees.

12 “Butterflies in Art through History.” MyMy Butterfly. Accessed July 16, 2024. https://mymybutterfly.com/blogs/posts/butterflies-in-art-through-history#:~:text=Fast%20forward%20to%20the%20medieval,for%20resurrection%20and%20spiritual%20transformation.

13 “Butterflies in Art through History.”

14 White, Katie. “A Brief, Fluttering History of Butterflies in Art, from Symbols of Regeneration to Reminders of the Fleetingness of Life.” Artnet News, March 21, 2022. https://news.artnet.com/art-world-archives/a-history-of-butterflies-in-art-2085638.

15 White, Katie. “A Brief, Fluttering History of Butterflies in Art”.

16 White, Katie. “A Brief, Fluttering History of Butterflies in Art”.

17 White, Katie. “A Brief, Fluttering History of Butterflies in Art”.

18 “Announcing ‘Love, Life, Death, and Desire: An Installation of the Center’s Collections.’” Yale Center for British Art. Accessed July 16, 2024. https://britishart.yale.edu/news-and-press/announcing-love-life-death-and-desire-installation-centers-collections.

19 “I Am Become Death, Shatterer of Worlds.” Damien Hirst (b. 1965), I am Become Death, Shatterer of Worlds | Christie’s. Accessed July 16, 2024. https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5363059.

20 Central American migration: Root causes and U.S. policy. Accessed July 16, 2024. https://sgp.fas.org/crs/row/IF11151.pdf.

21 “Modes of Entry for the Unauthorized Migrant Population.” Pew Research Center, May 22, 2006. https://www.pewresearch.org/race-and-ethnicity/2006/05/22/modes-of-entry-for-the-unauthorized-migrant-population/.

22 Shetty, Salil. “Most Dangerous Journey: What Central American Migrants Face When They Try to Cross the Border.” Amnesty International USA, February 20, 2014. https://www.amnestyusa.org/updates/most-dangerous-journey-what-central-american-migrants-face-when-they-try-to-cross-the-border/.

23 Shetty, Salil. “Most Dangerous Journey”.

24 Sheehan, Tanya. Photography and migration. (Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2018) 63.

25 Sheehan, Tanya. Photography and migration.

26 “Latin American Immigration to the United States.” American Economic Association. Accessed July 16, 2024. https://www.aeaweb.org/research/charts/immigration-latin-america-historical-us#:~:text=Latin%20America%20became%20the%20top,and%20has%20declined%20since%20then.

27 Blanco, Adrian, Maria Sacchetti, Nick Miroff, and Steven Rich. Where millions of immigrants in the U.S. came from and now live - Washington Post, June 26, 2024. https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/interactive/2024/us-immigration-where-migrants-live/.

28 Carlos , Escobar. “Five Contributions of Migrants to the Growth of Latin American.” OIM Oficina Regional para Centroamérica, Norteamérica y el Caribe, February 20, 2023. https://rosanjose.iom.int/en/blogs/five-contributions-migrants-growth-latin-american-economies#:~:text=Migrants%20contribute%20as%20workers%3A%20migrants,and%20influence%20internal%20investment%20priorities.

29 Carlos , Escobar. “Five Contributions of Migrants to the Growth of Latin American.”

30 “Migration Is Beautiful 2018: Work of Art by Favianna Rodriguez.” Artist, Organizer & Social Justice Activist | Favianna Rodriguez. Accessed July 16, 2024. https://favianna.com/artworks/migration-is-beautiful-2018?q=migration.

31 Brooks, Katherine. “‘Migration Is Beautiful’ Documentary: Artist Favianna Rodriguez Talks Immigrant Rights And Art’s Role In Politics (VIDEO).” HuffPost, December 7, 2017. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/migration-is-beautiful-artist-favianna-rodriguez-documentary_n_2535690.

32 “Hopeful,’Unapologetic’ Art Rebrands the Immigration Movement.” ABC News, February 27, 2013. https://abcnews.go.com/ABC_Univision/art-rebrands-immigration-reform-movement/story?id=18610975.

33 “Hopeful,’Unapologetic’ Art Rebrands the Immigration Movement.” ABC News.

34 Yoque, Leonel. “The Passion of the Monarca Migrante: A Latino Way of the Cross.” Maryknoll Magazine, February 14, 2023. https://www.maryknollmagazine.org/2023/03/jaqueline-romo-the-passion-of-the-monarca-migrante/.

35 Yoque, Leonel. “The Passion of the Monarca Migrante: A Latino Way of the Cross.”

36 Yoque, Leonel. “The Passion of the Monarca Migrante: A Latino Way of the Cross.”

37Sam Woolfe. “Ernesto Muniz: A Collage Artist Reimagining Religious Iconography.” Sam Woolfe, September 28, 2022. https://www.samwoolfe.com/2020/11/ernesto-muniz-collage-artist-reimagining-religious-iconography.html.

38 “Laurie Buman, Chicago Artist.” Laurie Buman. Accessed July 16, 2024. https://www.lauriebuman.com/statement.

39 “Laurie Buman, Chicago Artist.”

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