ECOVS21DIAK Eco-social Approaches: Theoretical foundations and Controversies (YAMK/ Master) (5op)

Arviointiasteikko

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Sisällön jaksotus

Introduction & First Lecture: 30.9 klo 12-15 (EET) and 11-14 (CET) Marja Katisko & Maija Kalm-Akubardia (Diak) & Maria Guzman-Gallegos (VID)

The course is online based, only the first lecture is a live session. All the assignments need to be returned before the 29th of October.

ECO & SAE final seminar 13.12. klo 13-16 (EET) 12-15 (CET) Marja Katisko & Maija Kalm-Akubardia & Taina Heino (Diak) Maria Guzman-Gallegos (VID)

Tavoitteet

Knowledge
On completion of this course, the student:
• has advanced knowledge of key perspectives and central theoretical debates on the complex relations and interconnectedness between ecological and social conditions and challenges.
• has in-depth understanding of past and current debates about sustainability, green growth, and human behavior and responsibility towards nature.
• is able to identify transformative changes from anthropocentricity to eco-social views
• is able to understand key perspectives, past and current debates about the eco-social and to apply them in communication with specialists and public.

Skills
On completion of this course, the student is able to:
• relate to current academic debates and critically analyse the relations between perceptions and practices related to wellbeing, material conditions and footprints, and environmental limits.
• critically analyze ongoing political controversies regarding sustainability, green capitalism, inequality and power structures that impinge on environmental and social conditions and possibilities.

General competence
On completion of this course, the student is able to:
• apply eco-social related approaches in an independent, limited research or development project under supervision and in accordance with applicable norms for research ethics.

Sisältö

The course provides a basis for understanding eco-social changes: theoretical frameworks, debates and social initiatives related to global and local challenges. The course gives an overview of key concepts, main debates and conceptual genealogies and directions regarding the complex relations between ecological and social conditions and dimensions. We explore key issues regarding the relations between society and environment and how these relationships can be conceptualised. We discuss key concepts such as ‘anthropocene’, ‘sustainability’, ‘deep ecology’, ‘power’, ‘inequality’ and relate them to emerging paradigms that question our perceptions of, and practices related to wellbeing and environmental sustainability.

Oppimateriaalit

Anderson, B. (2017). Towards a new politics of migration?. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 40(9), 1527?1537. DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2017.1300297. Access with Diak Haka credentials

Boetto, H. (2019). Advancing transformative eco-social change: Shifting from modernist to holistic foundations. Australian Social Work, 72(2), 139?151.
DOI:10.1080/0312407X.2018.1484501; Access with Diak Haka credentials

Borowy, I. (2017).Sustainable Development in Brundtland and Beyond: How (Not) to Reconcile Material Wealth, Environmental Limits and Just Distribution”. in ?E.Vaz, C.J.?de Melo, L. M. Costa Pinto (eds.).?Environmental History in the Making. Volume I: Explaining. Springer, pp. 91?108. ProQuest EbookCentral, Access with Diak Haka credentials
Chakrabarty, D. (2009). The climate of history: Four theses. Critical inquiry, 35(2), 197?222. http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/596640

Crutzen, P.J. & Stoermer, E.J.(2000).The Anthropocene. IGBP Global Change Newsletter 41:17?18. http://www.igbp.net/download/18.316f18321323470177580001401/1376383088452/NL41.pdf
Daly, H. E. (1990). Toward some operational principles of sustainable development. Ecological economics, 2(1), 1?6. https://www.academia.edu/download/32257912/herman_daly_.pdf

Du Pisani, J. A. (2006). Sustainable development – historical roots of the concept. Environmental Sciences, 3(2), 83?96. https://doi.org/10.1080/15693430600688831
Haraway, D. (2015). Anthropocene, capitalocene, plantationocene, chthulucene: Making kin. Environmental humanities, 6(1), 159?165. https://doi.org/10.1215/22011919-3615934

Gómez-Baggethun, E., & Naredo, J. M. (2015). In search of lost time: the rise and fall of limits to growth in international sustainability policy. Sustainability Science, 10(3), 385?395. http://ketilskogen.no/2015_gomez-baggethun-naredo_sust_science.pdf

McAfee, K. (2016). The politics of nature in the Anthropocene. RCC Perspectives, (2), 65?72. http://www.jstor.org/stable/26241360

Meadows, D., Randers, J., & Meadows, D. (2004). Limits to growth : The 30-year update. ProQuest EbookCentral, Access with Diak Haka credentials
Naess, A. (1983). Ecology, Community and Lifestyle, Cambridge. pp. 1?32 [Link to the chapter]

Vetlesen, A. J. (2017). Ethics and Value in Naess’ Ecophilosophy. Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology, 21(3), 251?261. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685357-02103004

Witoszek, N., & Mueller, M. L. (2017). Deep Ecology - Life after life?. Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology, 21(3), 209?217. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685357-02103001

White, L. (1967). The historical roots of our ecologic crisis. Science, 155(3767), 1203?1207. Retrieved: http://www.cmu.ca/faculty/gmatties/lynnwhiterootsofcrisis.pdf

Opetusmenetelmät

On-line course, on-line discussions, reading material

Toteutuksen valinnaiset suoritustavat

Lectures, pre-reading material, written assigment, active on-line discussion

Arviointikriteerit, hyväksytty/hylätty

Active participation, returned assignments