Environment, Cultural Politics & Justice

A student who has completed the course is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes, defined in terms of knowledge, skills, and general competence: Knowledge - Knowledge of anthropology's distinctive features and its classic perspectives on environment, cultural politics and justice - Insight into central anthropological works and how they build on and differ from each other - Insight into the interaction between academic theory development and societal processes. Skills - Basic understandings of the subject’s recent development - Ability to critically reflect on subject texts in a constructive way - Acquire skills in academic writing. General competence - Ability to critically assess professional perspectives, knowledge base and implications; - Ability to question taken for granted values, behavior and habits, and thus better understand other modes and approaches to the climate crisis.

A combination of lectures and seminar discussion.