Anthropology and the Anthropocene

Description

By the end of the course, students should be able to: - critically read and comment on texts dealing with anthropology and the anthropocene, including anthropological approaches to the nature-culture dabate, the conservation and commodification of nature, and (post-)apocalyptic thinking and environmental anthropology. - demonstrate their understanding of anthropological approaches to the Anthropocene and related issues such as the ontology debate and anthropological approaches to multi-species cohabitation, critical zones, feral ecologies. - demonstrate their understanding of the main arguments developed in the course; - describe recent developments in anthropological studies on their chosen topic in relation to the Anthropocene; - situate anthropological knowledge of their topic in a wider context of anthropological studies of the Anthropocene; - apply the concepts and theories discussed to new case studies, based on sound arguments and an anthropological perspective. The course aims will be explained in the first lecture of the course.