General information
Course type | AMUPIE |
Module title | Culture and Sustainability |
Language | English |
Module lecturer | prof. UAM dr hab. Cezary Kościelniak |
Lecturer's email | cezkos@amu.edu.pl |
Lecturer position | Professor |
Faculty | Faculty of Anthropology and Cultural Studies |
Semester | 2021/2022 (winter) |
Duration | 30 |
ECTS | 4 |
USOS code | KUDU-MA-CSU |
Timetable
Module aim (aims)
· Introducing students to the cultural perspective of sustainability· Presenting the cultural perspective of sustainability
Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences (where relevant)
Accomplished at least two modules related to the humanities
Syllabus
Week 1: Introduction Week 2: Concepts of sustainable development Week 3: Culture and environment Week 4: Environmental justice Week 5: Religion and sustainability: Pope Francis Laudato Sii Week 6: Sustainability and higher education policy 1 Week 7: Sustainability and higher education policy 2 Week 8: Ethics and sustainable decision making Week 9: Green cities: between utopia and political roadmap Week 10: Solidarity and global agenda Week 11: Transdisciplinarity and role of science in creating the sustainable environment. Week 12: Sustainability and political philosophy Week 13: Trust, cooperation and exchange: sustainable development as building the fair trade Week 14: Consultation the essay Week 15: Consultation the essay
Reading list
Dryzeck: Debating the Earth, OUP 2012Francis: Laudato Sii, LEV 2015