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230018 SE Selected Paradigms: Climate Transformations and Social Cohesion (2023W)
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 Fr 25.08.2023 10:00 to Tu 19.09.2023 10:00
- Registration is open from Fr 22.09.2023 10:00 to Tu 26.09.2023 10:00
- Deregistration possible until Fr 20.10.2023 23:59
Details
max. 32 participants
Language: German
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Thursday 05.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 3, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
- Thursday 12.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 3, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
- Thursday 19.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 3, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
- Thursday 09.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 3, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
- Thursday 16.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 3, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
- Thursday 23.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 3, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
- Thursday 30.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 3, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
- Thursday 07.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 3, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
- Thursday 14.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 3, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
- Thursday 11.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 3, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
- Thursday 18.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 3, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
- Thursday 25.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 3, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
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Aims, contents and method of the course
In the climate crisis, far-reaching measures to transform consumption, lifestyles, and the economy are necessary. Government action - in the form of incentives, regulations, subsidies, redistribution, and other control measures - is crucial to the necessary transition. At the same time, we live in times when public trust in politics and the state is significantly damaged. In this seminar, we will explore how people perceive and evaluate the necessary climate transformations, and what collective possibilities for action arise in light of the controversial legitimacy of climate policy measures. We will examine cases from different contexts (consumption, production) and regions (Europe and global contexts). Additionally, we will familiarize ourselves with concepts to connect questions of transformation and social cohesion to sociological theory and raise theoretically relevant questions. Special attention will be given to narratives and collective moral beliefs in the context of disruptive change. Cultural and economic sociological approaches as well as political sociology approaches play a particularly important role to this end.Students will acquire the competence to connect various strands of the literature and engage with climate policy issues theoretically. With these conceptual tools, students will develop an independent research question and pursue it in the seminar. The methods include collective discussions, presentations in the seminar, and feedback from students on the research questions of others.
Assessment and permitted materials
Active participation and regular attendance
• Reading of the texts/excerpts
• Presentation of a research topic in a group
• Presentation of one's own research question in a session in December 2023
• Submission of a seminar paper at the end of the courseNotification from the Department of Sociology concerning the completion of assessments (see German version).
• Reading of the texts/excerpts
• Presentation of a research topic in a group
• Presentation of one's own research question in a session in December 2023
• Submission of a seminar paper at the end of the courseNotification from the Department of Sociology concerning the completion of assessments (see German version).
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
This is an exam-based course with mandatory attendance. In order to receive a positive evaluation, the following partial assessments, in addition to regular and active participation in the sessions, must be completed:• Preparation and discussion of seminar literature (20%)
• Presentation of a research topic in the group (20%)
• Introduction of the research question for the seminar paper (10%)
• Seminar paper (40%) on topics discussed in the seminar.The specific content and formal requirements for the paper will be announced in the course.
• Presentation of a research topic in the group (20%)
• Introduction of the research question for the seminar paper (10%)
• Seminar paper (40%) on topics discussed in the seminar.The specific content and formal requirements for the paper will be announced in the course.
Examination topics
Required texts for the course:
Contents of the discussions in the course:
The exact core readings for the preparation of each session will be announced in the seminar.
Contents of the discussions in the course:
The exact core readings for the preparation of each session will be announced in the seminar.
Reading list
Elliot, R. (2019). The Sociology of Climate Change as a Sociology of Loss, European Journal of Sociology 58 (3), 301-337
Association in the course directory
in 505: BA T2 SE zu ausgewählten Paradigmen
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