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This course is a core course for the MSc Environmental Anthropology programme and is also available as an option for students on other programmes with an interest in the field. A range of issues and approaches in environmental anthropology are covered, including perception, political ecology, infrastructure, biodiversity conservation, multispecies relations and the Anthropocene.
| Study Type | Postgraduate | Level | 5 |
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| Term | First Term | Credit Points | 30 credits (15 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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This is a team-taught course in environmental anthropology, which serves to introduce students to the key themes, approaches and issues in environmental anthropology. A range of issues and approaches in environmental anthropology are covered, including perception, political ecology, infrastructure, biodiversity conservation, multispecies relations and the Anthropocene. The course contextualises these themes historically and in relation to wider societal questions of political economy and ethics. Cross-cultural comparisons and non-western concepts and practices are highlighted, both to decolonise perspectives and to enable students to consider new ways in which human-environment relations can be conceived. Assessments are flexible, allowing students to follow their interests in environmental anthropology.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 50 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 20 | Feedback Weeks | 25 | |
| Feedback |
3,000-word Project. Feedback provided via Turnitin. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Understand | Learn about and understand key concepts in environmental anthropology. |
| Procedural | Create | Consider different approaches in environmental anthropology and evaluate their significance and appropriateness to understanding themes in the field. |
| Procedural | Evaluate | Consider different approaches in environmental anthropology and evaluate their significance and appropriateness to understanding themes in the field. |
| Reflection | Evaluate | Consider how environmental anthropology can contribute to understanding and addressing wider environmental issues and how it can be used to understand one’s own environmental relations. |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 50 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 16 | Feedback Weeks | 18 | |
| Feedback |
3,000-word Essay. Feeback provided via Turnitin. |
Word Count | 3000 | |
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Conceptual | Understand | Learn about and understand key concepts in environmental anthropology. |
| Procedural | Evaluate | Consider different approaches in environmental anthropology and evaluate their significance and appropriateness to understanding themes in the field. |
There are no assessments for this course.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 50 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
3,000-word Project. If 3,000-word Essay has already been passed, this result will be carried forward. Feedback provided via Turnitin. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 50 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
3,000-word Essay. If 3,000-word Project has already been passed, this result will be carried forward. Feedback provided via Turnitin. |
Word Count | 3000 | |
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Procedural | Evaluate | Consider different approaches in environmental anthropology and evaluate their significance and appropriateness to understanding themes in the field. |
| Procedural | Create | Consider different approaches in environmental anthropology and evaluate their significance and appropriateness to understanding themes in the field. |
| Conceptual | Understand | Learn about and understand key concepts in environmental anthropology. |
| Reflection | Evaluate | Consider how environmental anthropology can contribute to understanding and addressing wider environmental issues and how it can be used to understand one’s own environmental relations. |
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