141077 SE The State, Epistemology and Economy: Environmental History of Southern and Central Africa (2024S)
Continuous assessment of course work
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Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from We 07.02.2024 18:00 to Fr 01.03.2024 10:00
- Deregistration possible until Su 31.03.2024 10:00
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
N
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
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Aims, contents and method of the course
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).
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).
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
SAG.SE.2
GMF
Last modified: Tu 05.03.2024 15:06
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