Final Presentation

 Rachel Brenk, Thien Ly Nguyen, Savanna Simmank, and Rachel Baniewicz

Dr. Williams

Treks and Texts

02 December 2022

Final Video Presentation 

https://youtu.be/6ke6R2qRPtY

When choosing how to structure our video and what style to do it in, we decided to keep it simplistic and intimate. We value the thoughtful, deep discussions we had in class, and we wanted to emulate that in our video. To make our answers as heartfelt and unscripted as possible, we wrote down questions and had each other draw them on the spot. Having a question and answer format for our video allowed us to recall the memories made and insights gained from our class readings and discussions. The background music in our video features “Big Yellow Taxi” – a song we discussed in one of our early classes – which we believe perfectly encapsulates the meaning found throughout the class. 

After filming our video as a team, we recognized a few underlying themes in our video responses. First being the value of this class and its impact on our perspectives. From the way we view our relationship to nature to how we take walks around campus, each discussion continues to grow and stretch our viewpoints on nature. Additionally, we felt collectively a common experience of redefining what nature is to us. We typically define it at face value as the trees and water we see around us. But in reality, it can be the imagination of flying like a bird through inverted perspective or taking walks along the Trinity. Finally, we found as a group that this class continually challenged us to disconnect from our technology and reconnect with nature. Tangibly, we were able to lower our screen times and walk like Thoreau after class which are practices we are grateful to have attained and want to carry with us moving forward. Together, these themes have impacted us not only as students of nature but also citizens of society as we can bring various lenses of nature with us wherever life may take us moving forward.

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