814.523 (20S) Guided Reading: Energy in History and Social Ecology
Overview
- Lecturer
- Course title german Guided Reading: Energy in History and Social Ecology
- Type Seminar (continuous assessment course )
- Hours per Week 2.0
- ECTS credits 4.0
- Registrations 6 (12 max.)
- Organisational unit
- Language of instruction English
- Course begins on 09.03.2020
- eLearning Go to Moodle course
Time and place
Course Information
Intended learning outcomes
Students learn to critically read scholarly literature in environmental history, they achieve an overview of important ways to address energy (in environmental history).
Teaching methodology including the use of eLearning tools
short intro lecture by teacher. Each week, short intro about the context of the article in question by a student, followed by close reading and intensive discussion.
Course content
This is a GUIDED READING course. You will read one article per week and prepare it for class discussion. For one article, you will research the context (author, other relevant literature, etc.), prepare a handout and give a short introduction. You are expected to engage actively in a detailed discussion of all articles.
- Energy as a key issue and concept of interdisciplinary environmental history
- Energy transitions in (world) history
- Energy crises past and present
- Energy sources and their social and ecological implications
- Energy conflicts – energy revolutions - energy wars?
- Energy scarcity and (technological) innovation
Literature
In addition to the literature we discuss, R. White: Chapter I: Knowing Nature through Labor. In: R. White: The Organic Machine: The Remaking of the Columbia River: Hill and Wang, 1995, pp. 3-29 is recommended.
Examination information
Examination topic(s)
Participation and hence, attendance, is mandatoryWritten Paper/Schriftliche Arbeit: Handout, approx. 2 pages
Assessment criteria / Standards of assessment for examinations
Participation is key. 30% of your grade is based on your presentation, 70% on your contributions to the discussion.
Grading scheme
Grade / Grade grading schemePosition in the curriculum
- Master's degree programme Social and Human Ecology
(SKZ: 919, Version: 14W.1)
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Subject: GWF1 Gesellschaft und Umwelt
(Compulsory elective)
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GWF1 Vertiefung (
0.0h VO, SE, EX, KU, SX / 14.0 ECTS)
- 814.523 Guided Reading: Energy in History and Social Ecology (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
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GWF1 Vertiefung (
0.0h VO, SE, EX, KU, SX / 14.0 ECTS)
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Subject: GWF1 Gesellschaft und Umwelt
(Compulsory elective)
- Master's degree programme Social and Human Ecology
(SKZ: 919, Version: 14W.1)
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Subject: GWF2 Nachhaltige Ressourcennutzung
(Compulsory elective)
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GWF2 Vertiefung (
0.0h VO, SE, EX, KU, SX / 14.0 ECTS)
- 814.523 Guided Reading: Energy in History and Social Ecology (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
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GWF2 Vertiefung (
0.0h VO, SE, EX, KU, SX / 14.0 ECTS)
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Subject: GWF2 Nachhaltige Ressourcennutzung
(Compulsory elective)
- Master's degree programme Social and Human Ecology
(SKZ: 919, Version: 14W.1)
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Subject: GWF4 Umweltgeschichte
(Compulsory elective)
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GWF4 Vertiefung (
0.0h VO, SE, EX, KU, SX / 14.0 ECTS)
- 814.523 Guided Reading: Energy in History and Social Ecology (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
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GWF4 Vertiefung (
0.0h VO, SE, EX, KU, SX / 14.0 ECTS)
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Subject: GWF4 Umweltgeschichte
(Compulsory elective)
Equivalent courses for counting the examination attempts
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Sommersemester 2019
- 814.523 SE Guided Reading: Energy in History and Social Ecology (2.0h / 4.0ECTS)
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Sommersemester 2018
- 814.523 SE Guided Reading: Energy in History and Social Ecology (2.0h / 4.0ECTS)
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Sommersemester 2017
- 814.523 SE Guided Reading: Energy in History and Social Ecology (2.0h / 4.0ECTS)
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Wintersemester 2015/16
- 814.523 SE Guided Reading: Energy in History and Social Ecology (2.0h / 4.0ECTS)
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Sommersemester 2014
- 814.523 SE Guided Reading: Energy in Environmental History (2.0h / 4.0ECTS)