Environmental Humanities – Environmental Humanities Orientation course

About this programme

The course deals with environmental humanities as a field and provides insight into how to work with environmental humanities in different fields of knowledge. The course provides in-depth knowledge of how environmental humanities critically examine, broaden and understand environmental issues and sustainability work. Through reading classic and contemporary texts, a deeper understanding of the emergence of the field and the genealogy of knowledge as well as theoretical perspectives in the field is provided. Teaching consists of seminars, which may include lectures. All teaching is compulsory. Teaching takes place at a distance or on campus as specified for each occasion for the course. Teaching is in English. For more detailed information, please refer to the course description. The course description is available no later than one month before the start of the course. In terms of knowledge and understanding • Demonstrate familiarity with environmental humanities as a field, its knowledge genealogy and place within different disciplines. • Demonstrate familiarity with contemporary uses of environmental humanities • Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of different analytical methods in environmental humanities. In terms of skills and abilities • Demonstrate the ability to analyze and discuss texts and presentations orally and in writing, using different theoretical perspectives in environmental humanities. • Demonstrate an understanding of how to work with environmental humanities in different fields of knowledge. • Demonstrate the ability to reflect on the application of en