Details

Faculty	Faculty of Science and Medicine
Domain	Geography
Code	UE-SGG.00485
Languages	English
Type of lesson	Seminar
Level	Master
Semester	SP-2020

Schedules and rooms

Summary schedule	Tuesday 10:15 - 12:00, Hebdomadaire (Spring semester)
Struct. of the schedule	2 h par semaine durant 14 semaines

Teaching

Responsibles	Bichsel Christine
Teachers	Bichsel Christine
Description	This seminar focuses on the human-environment relationship from a historical perspective. It explores background, theory, methodology and case studies of Environmental History, a young and dynamic field of scholarship with contributions from History, Environmental Sciences, Geography and others disciplines. In this seminar, special attention is given to exploring Environmental History from a Geography perspective. The seminar is composed of three parts. The first part serves to establish the scope and background of Environmental History. It focuses on environmental thought, historical theories and interdisciplinary science. The second part centres on case studies in Environmental History which have shaped and are still shaping the conceptual and empirical orientation of the field (ex. Resurrecting the Granary of Rome by Diana K. Davis). In the third part, the focus of the seminar is on methodologies for Environmental History (ex. Oral History). Prerequisite (highly recommended) : GG.0484.
Training objectives	Participants acquire a thorough knowledge of concepts and methodologies in Environmental History in this seminar, which enables them to further engage with Environmental History in either research (ex. Master or PhD theses) or practice.
Comments	- - - - Requirement for students from other Swiss universities - - - - The participation to the course and the registration for the exam are conditional to the enrollment as BENEFRI or guest students. At the beginning of the semester at latest : - Students from the universities of Bern and Neuchâtel (BENEFRI) are invited to follow the steps of the procedure described on https://www3.unifr.ch/studies/fr/admission/admission-etudiant-hote/programme-benefri.html in order to be identified as BENEFRI students. - Students from other Swiss universities are invited to follow the procedure described on https://www3.unifr.ch/studies/fr/admission/admission-etudiant-hote/hote-complementaire.html in order to be enrolled as guest students.
Softskills	No
Off field	No
BeNeFri	Yes
Mobility	Yes
UniPop	No

Written exam

Assessments methods	By rating
Descriptions of Exams	Projet