070284 UE Guided Reading Globalgeschichte - Energy in History and Social Ecology (2020S)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 7 - Geschichte

Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung

An/Abmeldung

Hinweis: Ihr Anmeldezeitpunkt innerhalb der Frist hat keine Auswirkungen auf die Platzvergabe (kein "first come, first served").

Anmeldung von Mo 03.02.2020 09:00 bis Mo 17.02.2020 12:00
Anmeldung von Fr 21.02.2020 09:00 bis Fr 28.02.2020 12:00
Abmeldung bis Di 31.03.2020 23:59

Details

max. 15 Teilnehmer*innen

Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Martin Schmid

Termine

This seminar is held at the Institute of Social Ecology of BOKU: 1070 Vienna, Schottenfeldgasse 29 (U3 Zielergasse or U6 Burggasse-Stadthalle or tram 5 Stollgasse).:
09.03. 13-15h SR 6
23.03. 13-16h SR 6
30.03. 13-16h SR 6
27.04. 13-16h SR 6
11.05. 13-16h SR 4c
18.05. 13-16h SR 6
15.06. 13-16h SR 4c
29.06. 13-16h SR 6

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

CONTENT: Energy as a key issue and concept of interdisciplinary environmental history and Social Ecology - Energy transitions in (world) history - Energy crises past and present - Energy sources and their social and ecological implications - Energy conflicts, energy revolutions, energy wars?

LEARNING METHOD: This is a GUIDED READING course. You will read one article per week and prepare for an intensive 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 the detailed discussions of all articles.

LEARNING AIMS: Students learn to critically read scholarly literature, they achieve an overview of important ways to address energy (in environmental history and social ecology) and get an overview over roles of energy (transitions) in history. Students strengthen their ability to read scholarly literature for the use of one's own writing.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Participation is key: 70% of your grade is based on your contributions to the discussions (0-100 points for each class), participation and hence, attendance, is mandatory!
ONE short written Paper is expexted, a handout, approx. 2 pages.
30% of your grade is based on your input and written paper

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

Some proficiency in English is necessary, as the course is held in English.

Prüfungsstoff

Literatur

WHITE, Richard (1995): 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

MALANIMA, Paolo (2014): Energy in History. In: Agnoletti, M., Neri Serneri, S. (eds.): The Basic Environmental History: 1-29.

RUSSELL, Edmund et al. (2011): The Nature of Power: Synthesizing the History of Technology and Environmental History. In: Technology and Culture 52: 246-259.

BARCA, Stefania (2011): Energy, property, and the industrial revolution narrative. In: Ecological Economics 70: 1309-1315.

SMOUT, Christopher (2003): Energy in Scotland, Ireland and Iceland 1600-1800. In: Economia e Energia Secc. XIII-XVIII: 607-621.

FISCHER-KOWALSKI, M. et al. (2014): A socio-metabolic reading of the Anthropocene – Modes of substistence, population size, and human impact on earth. In: The Anthropocene Review 1: 8-33

SIEFERLE, Rolf Peter (1982/2001): Preface and Energy Systems and Social Evolution. In: The Subterrenean Forest (c. 50 pages in total)

SMIL, Vaclav (2000): Energy in the Twentieth Century: Resources, Conversions, Costs, Uses, and Consequences. In: Annu. Rev. Energy Environ. 25: 21-51.

KRAUSMANN, F. (2016): From Energy Source to Sink: Transformations of Austrian Agriculture In: Haberl et al., Social Ecology: 433-445.