Book of the Year 2016-17 Essay Writing Contest
Humboldt State University invites students, staff, faculty, and community members to submit a narrative, essay, argument, or letter regarding Andrea Wulf's Invention of Nature on any of the three following prompts.
- Prompt 1: What can Andrea Wulf’s Invention of Nature tell us about issues of positionality, cultural representation, power, and ideology?
- Prompt 2: What does it mean for our campus and our county to be associated with von Humboldt’s name?
- Prompt 3: Construct a counter-narrative that uses the title “Invention of Nature.” Challenging Eurocentric narratives that foreground a single knowledge-maker, tell a story about how human beings understand, relate to, or “invent” nature.
Individually or collaboratively authored submissions are welcome. Submissions should be 2,000-5,000 words in length. All submissions must have a descriptive title. All references must have full attribution (Chicago style is preferred but not required).
Submissions will be accepted October 24, 2016, to March 31, 2017. Winners and runner-up submissions will be published in the ideaFest Journal.
Please see the Submission guidelines for more details. Visit the Andrea Wulf and The Invention of Nature website for more information about the book. For questions, please contact Sarah Fay Philips at sarah.fay.philips@humboldt.edu.
