Course content

The course concerns the relationship between nature/environment, types of knowledge and natural resource management. The following questions will be addressed in particular: How do humans affect nature and the environment? How are humans themselves affected by nature and the environment? Which key characteristics describe the relationship between local and global environmental politics? What are the key elements making up today’s environmental discourse?

Learning outcome

The students will acquire knowledge about the relationship between humans and nature. They will obtain an understanding of the variation pertaining to the cultural conceptualizations of this relationship, and they will learn how to use models for mapping this variation and these relations. The models will make the students aware of the social, political and economic aspects of the relationship between man and nature, including the types of knowledge that are nested in and utilized in different social relations. Students will thus acquire competence that will enable them to work in a variety of fields, including sustainable management and social development.

Learning methods and activities

Lectures/seminars and written assignments (approx.24 hours).

Compulsory assignments

• Approved Written Assignment

Recommended previous knowledge

SANT1000, SANT1001, SANT1002, SANT1011 and SANT1103

Required previous knowledge

None

Course materials

See reading list available at the beginning of the semester.

Credit reductions