Environmental shadows and racism

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The Geography Department decides to hold two special guest lectures on the “environmental shadows” cast by contemporary technology use. We invite Anna Tsing and Luke Cole and Sheila Foster to give lectures on the topic. (Tsing will give one lecture focusing on how a “relational approach to nature” could speak to the issue; and Cole and Foster will together give another lecture focusing on the issue through the lens of “environmental racism.”) What would you expect the authors to say? Be sure in your answer to define and explain what is meant by “environmental shadows,” a “relational approach to nature,” and “environmental racism.” How would these lectures fit into our broader program on cultural geography (that is, how would these lectures illustrate some key aspect of “cultural geography” as a geographical subfield)?