- You explain, analyse and discuss aspects of the thematic of the diverse human-nature relationships worldwide, including the complex and changing perception and definition of the more-than-human world.
- You develop your own critical viewpoints on contemporary dilemmas regarding the ways we as humans live with nature, in relation to concrete events, cases and situations in the social world.
- You communicate a thorough understanding of contemporary dilemmas regarding human-nature relationships, both orally and in writing.
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The growing complexity, scale and exploitative nature of human-nature interactions in the ‘Anthropocene’ result in greater pressure on the environment, as can be seen in the mounting problems related to global warming and loss of biodiversity worldwide. This affects ecological livelihoods across the globe, and the capacity of societies and ecosystems to absorb shocks, adapt and restore an effective equilibrium. Indeed, in today’s world we witness an acceleration of ruptures that succeed each other, which urges us to rethink and reformulate how we, as humans, live with nature, and how we frame and govern accompanying socio-ecological processes.
In this course we study the ways humans – individually and collectively – perceive and define nature and how the human position and roles are shaped in relation to natural processes. In a series of interactive seminars (including guest lectures) we will discuss a plethora of human-nature interactions and concepts that allow us to study them. This implicates a focus on intersecting forms of socio-political and economic inequality, questions of environmental justice, decolonial and feminist critiques, multi-species ethnography and conflicting understandings of custodianship and resource management between state, citizens, civil society and private sector organizations.
This course offers the thematic starting point for your own research project.
This course connects to SDG 7: Clean Energy; SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities; SDG 13: Protect the Planet; SDG 15: Life on Land.
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This course is on master level.
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Examination consists of a paper, which is based partly on the course literature and partly on your own literature review, in relation to your research interest.
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| This course is open to Master students from other programs, pending approval by the course coordinator. Please email the course coordinator for more information. |
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