| Kommentar |
Environmental Sociology explores various relations, processes, and reciprocal interactions between human society and different natural and built environments. The primary purpose of this course will be to identify critical societal factors underlying environmental change and to explore the role sociology can play in dealing with them. Although the course is oriented towards contemporary social theories such as Practice Theory, Eco-Marxism, or Actor-Network-Theory empirical fields to be discussed in class also include new forms of environmental governance, environmental justice, natural disasters, chemical regulations, environmental risk and ignorance, climate change, renewable energy systems, or the sustainability discourse. |
| Literatur |
White, Damian; Alan Rudy, and Brian Gareau (2016): Environments, Natures and Social Theory: Towards a Critical Hybridity. London: Palgrave.
Haberl, Helmut; Marina Fischer-Kowalski, Fridolin Krausmann, & Verena Winiwarter, eds. (2016): Social Ecology: Society-Nature Relations across Time and Space. Dordrecht: Springer.
Lockie, Stewart; David Sonnenfeld, and Dana Fisher, eds. (2014): Routledge International Handbook of Social and Environmental Change. London: Routledge.
Gross, Matthias and Harald Heinrichs, eds. (2010): Environmental Sociology: European Perspectives and Interdisciplinary Challenges. Dordrecht: Springer. |
| Leistungsnachweis |
Each student who wants to get a grade (either via term paper or oral exam) will have to give a presentation (30+ minutes) alone or in a group up to four. In case of a group presentation of three or four members, the presentation may last up to 45 minutes. The (informal) presentation should provide a brief summary of the assigned reading, deliver a critical analysis (also with the help of additional literature) and further thoughts and discussion questions.
The group or the single student will lead the discussion. The class will begin with a brief introductory lecture by the professor on the day’s topic. The class will then be turned over to the presenter(s) who will further elaborate on the theme.
Presentations may be illustrated with powerpoint slides, videos, and other media. Students leading class discussion may also want to provide class members with a handout.
For further info, please consult the seminar’s teaching assistant (“Tutorin”) Claudia Foltyn at: claudia.elisabeth.foltyn@uni-jena.de.
Term papers can be written in either English or German. Oral exams: ditto. |
