Theories and Discourse of Human-Environment Interaction
Course title:
Integrative Geography B: Theories and Discourse of Human-Environment Interaction
Course number:
63-191
Lecturers:
Jürgen Oßenbrügge, Jürgen Scheffran
Time:
Tuesday, 14:15-15:45
Location:
Geomatikum, Room 838
Contents
Global Change Debate
• Historical roots of human-environment interaction
• Case study: Collapse as consequence of neglecting environmental guidelines
• Bhopal, Seveso, Tchernobyl – Disasters as root of the debate about global change and the risk society
• Development of the sustainability concept
• From Rio to Copenhagen: The last two decades
Disciplinary Approaches to Human-Environment Interaction
• Biology
• Sociology/Psychology
• Political Science
• Economics
• Geography
Transdisciplinary Approaches to Human-Environment Interaction
• Systems Theory
• Political Ecology
• Actors and Networks
Schedule
Date |
Subject |
Presenter |
| October 19, 2010 | Introduction | Jürgen Oßenbrügge, Jürgen Scheffran |
| October 26, 2010 | Historical roots of human-environment interaction | Jürgen Oßenbrügge, Jürgen Scheffran |
| November 02, 2010 | Case study: Collapse as consequence of neglecting environmental guidelines | Flavia Suter |
| November 09, 2010 | Bhopal, Seveso, Tchernobyl - Disasters as root of the debate about global change and the risk society | Sandra Wendland |
| November 16, 2010 | Development of the sustainability concept | Sandra Dragon |
| November 23, 2010 | From Rio to Copenhagen: the last two decades | NN |
| November 30, 2010 | Biology | Thomas Weinzierl |
| December 07, 2010 | Sociology/Psychology | Birgit Gerkensmeier |
| December 14, 2010 | Political Science | Sandra Wagner |
| January 04, 2011 | Environmental economics, ecological economics | Mariya Kryvobokova |
| January 11, 2011 | Environmental economics, ecological economics | Marc Zeitler |
| January 18, 2011 | Geography | Björn Linnemann |
| Systems Theory | NN | |
| January 25, 2011 | Political Ecology | Elise Remling |
| February 01, 2011 | Actors, Networks, Conflicts | Sabine Schempp |
Requirements & grading
Oral presentation of a specific topic (approximately 30-40 minutes of presentation [70% of grade] with suggestions of discussion topics [10% of grade])
Handout: subject, outline, working theses, fundamental figures, basic literature (2-3 pages) [20% of grade]
Lecture notes and readings
Class notes with presentations of previous sessions and the associated readings for the upcoming sessions are available on a restricted access site.