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Lecturer(s)
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Hásová Veronika, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Staňková Nicol, Mgr.
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Richter Eva, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1) Environmental problems are social problems 2) Social causes of the ecological crisis 3) Conceptions of nature in human society 4) A Sociological Perspective and Imagination: Nature and the Environment 5) Environmental Justice, Inequalities, and Social Sustainability 6) Visions of the Future: (Political) Solutions to the Ecological Crisis 7) Green Growth vs. Degrowth and Sustainability 8) Individual Perceptions of Global Problems 9) Empirical Research on Attitudes in the Czech Republic 10) Consumption as an individual choice and/or a system 11) Environmental social movements 12) Global (non)solutions to the global crisis 13) Environmental anxiety, grief, and hope
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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- Contact hours
- 26 hours per semester
- Attendance on a field trip (number of real hours - maximum 8h/day)
- 8 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 30 hours per semester
- Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40)
- 20 hours per semester
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| to recall basic information from the field of natural history / biology |
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| supplement, expand or rebuild their mental schemas and instruments in the field of natural history / biology, apply the acquired knowledge to one's own creative practice, reflect the essential findings and core contents of their work in the context of ecology, discuss one's own findings with others with regard to the rules of professional discourse |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| historical and contemporary views on nature conservation, causes of ecological destruction, opinions on the qualification of our company as a consumer company, resolution of public vs. private space, climate change, climate crisis, climate collapse |
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| critically evaluate the importance of different environmental sociological concepts for the development of contemporary art, to place their work in a broader social and political context, analyze sociological and theoretical texts to argue convincingly |
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| Lecture |
| Field trip |
| Lecture with visual aids |
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| Students' portfolio |
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| Discussion |
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| Project |
| Oral exam |
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Recommended literature
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Bell, Michael; Ashwood, Loka L. An invitation to environmental sociology. Fifth edition. 2016. ISBN 978-1-4522-7579-6.
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Gibas, Petr; Novák, Arnošt, et al. Pražské zahrádkové osady: Stíny minulosti, nebo záblesky budoucnosti?. Praha: FHS UK, 2013.
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Hannigan, John. Environmental Sociology. London: Routledge, 1995. ISBN 0-415-11255-9.
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Keller, Jan. Sociologie a ekologie. 1. vyd. Praha, 1997. ISBN 80-85850-42-7.
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Latour, Bruno. Stopovat a skládat světy s Bruno Latourem: výběr z textů 1998-2013. Praha: Tranzit, 2016.
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Latour, Bruno. Zpátky na zem. Jak se vyznat v politice nového klimatického režimu. Praha: Neklid, 2020.
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Novák, Arnošt. Tmavozelený svět : radikálně ekologické aktivity v České republice po roce 1989. Vydání první. 2017. ISBN 978-80-7419-254-8.
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Patel, Raj a Moore, Jason W. Dějiny světa na příkladu sedmi laciných věcí. Praha: Neklid, 2020.
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