| Responsible Department | Forest & Landscape | ||||||||||||||
| Research School | Forest, Landscape and Planning (REFOLANA) | ||||||||||||||
| Course Dates | June 4-8, 2012 | ||||||||||||||
| Course Abstract | This course aims to provide students with a general understanding of the main arguments within the discipline of PE while also allowing students to delve more deeply into the context of their individual PhD projects. | ||||||||||||||
| Course Registration | The course is open to all PhD students with a maximum of 25 participants. To register for the course, one must submit an abstract of maximum 500 words to Anja Byg (aby@life.ku.dk) by March 1st 2012 stating the project title, objectives, theoretical background, research methods, country of field work, stage of PhD project (i.e. recently commenced, pre-fieldwork, post-fieldwork, etc.) and how attending this course will benefit their project. | ||||||||||||||
| Deadline for Registration | March 1, 2012 | ||||||||||||||
| Credits | 8 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||||
| Level of Course | PhD course | ||||||||||||||
| Organisation of Teaching | The 5-day course will follow an interactive workshop style where lectures will be complemented with group discussions centred on the participants' own PhD projects. | ||||||||||||||
| Language of Instruction | English | ||||||||||||||
| Restrictions | A maximum of 25 participants | ||||||||||||||
| Course Content | |||||||||||||||
| The 5-day course will follow an interactive workshop style where lectures will be complemented with group discussions centred on the participants' own PhD projects. During the first four days, mornings will be spent on lectures and discussions in plenum, while afternoons will be spent on a combination of group discussions on participants' papers and discussions on the basis of film displays. On the fifth day, students will present their reading of select key books within Political Ecology. Before the course, participants are required to prepare by reading the course readings and prepare an individual course paper of max 2,500 words and review of a classic PE book in groups. The 2,500 word course paper should focus on (i) describing the issue to be investigated, (ii) describing how PE theories can be applied to the project. Participants should frame their papers according to their relevant stage in their research process in order to maximise the relevance of the paper to their individual project outcomes and milestones (i.e. participants in earlier stages of research may find it more relevant to discuss the literature in relation to research design, while those in the final stages may find it more relevant to use the paper to draft an article). Due to the limited word count, less relevant background and introduction to the project should be avoided allowing for a more thorough discussion related to the literature. This will also allow for greater feedback during the course. | |||||||||||||||
| Teaching and learning Methods | |||||||||||||||
| Lectures, discussion groups, film displays, etc. | |||||||||||||||
| Learning Outcome | |||||||||||||||
| The course will provide an overview of the various PE theses of: degradation and marginalization; environmental conflict; conservation and control of and access to natural resources; and environmental identity and social movement. Some examples of relevant questions addressed by the course include: . What insights into environmental and social challenges can be gained from a PE perspective? . How does PE link to major 'schools' of social science, e.g. political economy, science studies, and critical theory? . What are the implications of PE for choice of theory, concepts, research design, and methods in empirical research? The course will explore these questions through both theoretical and empirical lenses, while also illustrating how PE relates to and is distinguished from other research areas that transcend the social and natural science disciplines. | |||||||||||||||
| Course Coordinator | |||||||||||||||
| Jens Friis Lund, jens@life.ku.dk, Forest & Landscape Denmark/Unit of Forestry, Phone: 353-31767 | |||||||||||||||
| Other Lecturers | |||||||||||||||
| Tim Forsyth, London School of Economics Jesse Ribot, University of Illinois Anja Nygren, University of Helsinki Christian Lund, Roskilde University | |||||||||||||||
| Course Fee | |||||||||||||||
| EURO 150 | |||||||||||||||
| Type of Evaluation | |||||||||||||||
| Participants will be required to submit a course paper of no more than 2,500 words by May 15, 2012. participants will be required to work in groups in advance of the course to read and prepare joint written reviews and oral presentations of a classic book within PE. Participants will be required to work in groups to present a written review of a classic book within PE (of maximum 1,000 words by June 1, 2012. Active participation in the full five days of the course is a prerequisite for passing | |||||||||||||||
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