Universität Wien

141077 SE The State, Epistemology and Economy: Environmental History of Southern and Central Africa (2024S)

8.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 14 - Orientalistik, Afrikanistik, Indologie und Tibetologie
Continuous assessment of course work
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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 25 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Monday 04.03. 11:00 - 13:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 2 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-06
  • Monday 11.03. 11:00 - 13:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 2 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-06
  • Monday 18.03. 11:00 - 13:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 2 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-06
  • Monday 08.04. 11:00 - 13:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 2 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-06
  • Monday 15.04. 11:00 - 13:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 2 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-06
  • Monday 22.04. 11:00 - 13:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 2 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-06
  • Monday 29.04. 11:00 - 13:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 2 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-06
  • Monday 06.05. 11:00 - 13:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 2 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-06
  • Monday 13.05. 11:00 - 13:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 2 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-06
  • Monday 27.05. 11:00 - 13:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 2 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-06
  • Monday 03.06. 11:00 - 13:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 2 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-06
  • Monday 10.06. 11:00 - 13:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 2 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-06
  • Monday 17.06. 11:00 - 13:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 2 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-06
  • Monday 24.06. 11:00 - 13:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 2 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-06

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Themes of the Course and Schedule of Delivery
04 Mar: Introducing the course, course provider and students
11 Mar: Environmental History: A New Discipline in Old Literature
18 Mar: The Basarwa/San and Khoikhoi Survival and Sustainability
08 April: African Agrarian Systems, Soil Erosion and Colonial Conservation Interventions
15 Apr: Colonialism, Ecology and Disease: Tsetse, Game and Trypanosomiasis
22 Apr: Colonial Hunting, Environmental Change and Wildlife Conservation
29 Apr: Conservation with a Human Face: Opportunities and Challenges in Post-colonial Wildlife Conservation
06 May: Trees, Fuelwood and Deforestation
13 May: The History of Use of Fire FOR Managing the Environment
27 May: Student Presentations on Concept Notes
03 Jun: Climate Change, Perceptions, Challenges and Africa-Global North Debates
10 Jun: Drought, Famine, Food Production and Malnutrition in Southern and Central Africa
17 June: Student Presentations on Progress of their Seminar Papers
24 Jun: Synthesis and Implications for Understanding Contemporary African Environmental Affairs

Assessment and permitted materials

1) Participation in the seminar sessions.
2) Development of a concept for a written semester paper (including theoretical background, research question, method, work plan, preliminary bibliography) of approx. 3 pages and its presentation in a seminar session.
3) Develop and present research progress on the seminar paper (including well-developed methods, literature review, and suggested perspectives of analysis emerging themes and debates).
4) Writing a complete seminar paper on a topic of your choice of between 15 and 20 pages including bibliography (deadline for submission: August 30).

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

1) Participation in the seminar sessions (10 marks)
2) Development of a concept for a written semester paper (including theoretical background, research question, method, work plan, preliminary bibliography) of approx. 3 pages and its presentation in a seminar session (20 marks).
3) Develop and present research progress on the seminar paper (including well-developed methods, literature review, and suggested perspectives of analysis emerging themes and debates) (20 marks).
4) Writing a complete seminar paper on a topic of your choice of between 15 and 20 pages including bibliography (deadline for submission: August 30, 2023) (50 marks).

Examination topics

Students will be examined for participating in seminar sessions, giving presentations and writing a final seminar paper.

Reading list

Association in the course directory

SAG.SE.1
SAG.SE.2
GMF

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