Criminology 3903 Apocalypse Criminology, weblog winter term 2025-6, MWF 12.30 --> 1.20 MMH202  Outline     Gradesheet

proposal:
A- 16  B+ 15  B 14.5  B- 14  C 13  C- 12  D 10
classmark: Bonus=A21  10=A-20   9=B18.5  8=B-17.5  7=C16  6=C-15  5=D14  <4=F10

week one jan 5-9
mon:
wed: intro & overview I
fri: cont. II
week five feb 2-6 enviro I
mon: online video question #6
wed: climate change & greed #7
fri: cont;
week nine mar 2-6 reading
mon: Uni closed
wed: --------------
fri: -----------------
week thirteen apr 30-3 tba
mon: xtra material
wed: cont.
fri: Good Friday, closed
week two 12-16 intro
mon: intro to the crisis
wed: cont. #1
fri: cont. 
week six 9-13 enviro II
mon: class cancelled
wed: anger&activism
fri: noclass, proposals due
week ten mar 9-13 apoc crim I
mon: xtra: despair ends
wed: LA riots and the endtimes
fri: Luigi Mangione as saint
week fourteen apr 6-10 tba
mon: Easter Monday, closed
wed: xam prep & wrapup
fri: cont.
week three 19-23 theory I
mon: theory and its roots
wed: climate apocalypse #2
fri: capitalism is killing us #3
week seven 16-20 response
mon: family day, closed
wed: standing rock
fri: indigenous activist
week eleven mar 16-20 apoc crim II
mon: crisis cults
wed: doomsday preppers
fri: utopias
week fifteen apr 13-17
mon: noclass, projects due
week four 26-30 theory II
mon: reprise #4
wed: precaria
fri: cont. #5
week eight 23-27 crisis
mon: old world dying
wed: surveillance in late
fri: last gen action group
week twelve mar 23-27
mon: 3 @ 15mins: names to be added
wed: cont.
fri: cont.
apr 15-22 exam period
mon: dangerous knowledge wed: jock young fri: sociol imagination

engagement exercises:
#1. 1.14. What is the crime control problem and is the surveillance justified? excuseable but not makeupable
#2. 1.21. For Friday, what is an example of good environmental news? makeupable
#3. 1.23. How is the concept of 'evil' useful to the analysis of corporate enviro-crime? excuseable but not makeupable
#4. 1.26. Attendance and participation, excuseable but not makeupable.
#5. 1.30. Impromptu attendance and participation, excuseable but not makeupable.
#6. 2.02. Watch 'Climate Crisis and Capitalism' (https://youtu.be/Pry3d9l5iqQ), and discuss why David Suzuki is angry; one page single-spaced for handin/sendin by Wednesday.
#7. 2.04  Impromptu attendance and participation, excuseable but not makeupable.


readings:
"Renee Good and the Rage that Fuels State Violence," CounterPunch, January 12, 2026, Ruth Fowler, https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/01/12/renee-good-and-the-rage-that-fuels-state-violence/

music library
:
Eve of Destruction, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-V1t0PLQ2E 4mins Theme: the signs are all around us...
Beds are Burning, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejorQVy3m8E&list=RDejorQVy3m8E&start_radio=1, 4mins Theme: In the fight for Aboriginal land rights and reconciliation, non-Indigenous people are urged to give it back, with the burning bed symbolizing ignored crises like environmental damage.
Big Yellow Taxi, Joni Mitchell, 2mins, https://youtu.be/2595abcvh2M Theme: they paved over paradise and put up a parking lot...
We didn't start the fire," Billy Joel, 4mins, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5XdFz6fHYQ  Theme: chaos has always existed...
"Aocalypse Now Intro, The Doors: The End," 4mins, https://youtu.be/CIrvSJwwJUE?si=c5PxUTvVZTi99Mjh


videos:
"Climate Disaster: An Oral History | APTN Investigates," 24 mins, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tE50PM5HnN4