142157 SE An Environmental History of Modern South Asia (2023S)
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung
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- Anmeldung von Mi 01.02.2023 08:00 bis Di 28.02.2023 10:00
- Abmeldung bis Fr 31.03.2023 23:59
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max. 36 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch
Lehrende
Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert
- Dienstag 07.03. 10:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum 5 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-34
- Dienstag 14.03. 10:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum 5 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-34
- Dienstag 21.03. 10:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum 5 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-34
- Dienstag 28.03. 10:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum 5 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-34
- Dienstag 18.04. 10:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum 5 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-34
- Dienstag 25.04. 10:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum 5 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-34
- Dienstag 02.05. 10:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum 5 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-34
- Dienstag 09.05. 10:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum 5 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-34
- Dienstag 16.05. 10:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum 5 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-34
- Dienstag 23.05. 10:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum 5 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-34
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Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung
Today, environmental history is a well established sub-field within history. Since the 1990s South Asia has developed its own distinctive contributions to the field, some of which we are discussing in this seminar.What is environmental history? Environmental history is centrally concerned with the reciprocal relationship of nature and humankind. On the one hand it studies the human engagement with the physical environment, i.e. how climate, topography, soil or animal life affect the social, economic or cultural lives of humans. On the other hand, it investigates how humans have changed their physical environment via, e.g. the construction of dams, deforestation or carbon emissions.In this seminar we study the relationship between humans and nature in South Asia from the 18th to the 21st century. A focus will be laid on the environmental destruction unleashed by colonialism and capitalism. We will debate whether or not colonialism should be understood as a watershed in the environmental history of South Asia. The second half of the seminar will be devoted to more recent environmental transformations that altered people’s livelihoods and increased disaster risk in various parts of the subcontinent.The seminar is designed to proved students with an introduction to the environmental history of modern South Asia. At the end of the semester the students should be capable of finding a research topic in that field and answering a specific research question in their seminar paper.7 March: Introduction to Environmental History14 March: Deforestation and Forest Conservation21 March: Colonial Climatology28 March: Jhum: Shifting Agriculture in the Northeast18 April: The Jungle and the Indian Other25 April: Cyclones in the Bay of Bengal2 May: Carbon Economy: Colonial Roots of the Climate Crisis9 May: The Green Revolution16 May: Proposal Discussion / Feedback23 May: Presentations
Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel
- Reading: Read the texts provided for each session- Writing: You have to post short reading responses in the forum on Moodle- Presentation: Present the draft of the seminar paper in one of the last sessions of the seminar- Seminar paper: Write a seminar paper (15–20 pages). You can write the paper in English or German. Submit the paper until 25 August 2023
Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab
The ability to read and communicate in English is essential.You can miss class max. 2 times.// Grading:1) Active participation in classroom // 15%
2) Reading Responses // 20%
3) Presentation // 15%
4) Final Seminar paper, 15 pages // 50%>= 87,5% very good (1)
>= 75% good (2)
>= 62,5% satisfactory (3)
>= 50% sufficient (4)
< 50% deficient (5)
2) Reading Responses // 20%
3) Presentation // 15%
4) Final Seminar paper, 15 pages // 50%>= 87,5% very good (1)
>= 75% good (2)
>= 62,5% satisfactory (3)
>= 50% sufficient (4)
< 50% deficient (5)
Prüfungsstoff
Literatur
- Arnold, David, and Ramachandra Guha, eds. Nature, Culture, Imperialism: Essays on the Environmental History of South Asia. 6. impression. Oxford India Paperbacks. Oxford: Oxford Univ.Press, 2009.- Chakrabarti, Ranjan, and Sage Publications, eds. Critical Themes in Environmental History of India. Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd, 2020.- Datt Dangwal, Dhirendra. Himalayan Degradation: Colonial Forestry and Environmental Change in India. 1st ed. Foundation Books, 2008.- Ghosh, Amitav. The Great Derangement : Climate Change and the Unthinkable. Chicago, London: The University of Chicago Press, 2016.- Grove, Richard. Ecology, Climate, and Empire: Colonialism and Global Environmental History, 1400-1940. Cambridge, UK: White Horse Press, 1997.- Grove, Richard. Green Imperialism: Colonial Expansion, Tropical Island Edens and the Origins of Environmentalism, 1600 - 1860. 1. paperback ed., Reprinted. Studies in Environment and History. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1997.- Grove, Richard., Vinita Damodaran, and Satpal Sangwan, eds. Nature and the Orient: The Environmental History of South and Southeast Asia. Studies in Social Ecology and Environmental History. New Delhi: Oxford Univ. Press, 2000.- Habib, Irfan. Man and Environment: The Ecological History of India. 4th ed. (paperback), 2015. A People’s History of India 36. New Delhi [Aligarh]: Tulika Books Aligarh historians society, 2010.- Hill, Christopher V. South Asia: An Environmental History. ABC-CLIO’s Nature and Human Societies Series. Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO, 2008.
Simmons, I. G. Environmental History: A Concise Introduction. New Perspectives on the Past. Oxford, UK ; Cambridge, Mass., USA: Blackwell, 1993.- Tucker, Richard P. A Forest History of India. New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks: SAGE, 2011.
Simmons, I. G. Environmental History: A Concise Introduction. New Perspectives on the Past. Oxford, UK ; Cambridge, Mass., USA: Blackwell, 1993.- Tucker, Richard P. A Forest History of India. New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks: SAGE, 2011.
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Letzte Änderung: Do 02.03.2023 16:29