Doing Interdisciplinary Environmental Humanities: Theories and Methods (PEH312)

Content

The course serves to connect the students with both local and international research communities. Students will follow the weekly research lectures and book talks in the Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities to gain insight into cutting-edge research in environmental humanities and the theoretical and methodological frameworks deployed. In seminars under the direction of a senior scholar, students will discuss the week’s lectures in light of readings on environmental humanities theories and methods.

Learning outcome

A candidate who has completed and passed the course

Knowledge

• has advanced knowledge of the scope and breadth of the academic field of environmental humanities
• has advanced knowledge of the relationship between the field of environmental humanities and its constituent subfields
• has thorough knowledge of the key scholarly theories and methods in the field of environmental humanities
• has an understanding of how environmental humanities research frames itself in relationship to its constituent disciplines

Skills

• can analyze existing theories, methods and interpretations in environmental humanities
• can use relevant methods for research on environmental humanities theories and/or methods in an independent manner
• can carry out independent research in accordance with applicable norms for research ethics

General Competence

• can analyze relevant academic, professional and research ethical problems
• can communicate independent work with the language and terminology of environmental humanities

• can orally participate in and contribute to seminar-based discussions
• can articulate questions related to academic presentations
• can orally present theoretical/methodological ideas

Required prerequisite knowledge

None

Exam

Coursework requirements

75% attendance, 2 mandatory assignments

Course teacher(s)

Course coordinator:

Dolly Jørgensen

Method of work

Students attend the weekly in-person research lectures and online book talks in the Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities. The theoretical and methodological approaches used in these talks and in the readings will be discussed in seminars that require active student participation. Students will work individually.

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