Course syllabus

Warmly welcome to the course Environmental Ethnography (7,5 ECTS)! 

Language of instruction is English. 

Your teachers are Susann Baez Ullberg, Johana Kunin and Matías Menalled.  

Please contact Susann, who is also coordinating the course, if you have questions about the teaching.

For questions about admission and the like, contact course administrator Angelika Holm.

The course starts with an introduction and first lecture on Tuesday November 11 at 13:15-16:00. On this occasion, you will also get important information about the course. It is particularly important that you attend in this first class so that we know who are actually taking the course. The classes are held once a week, on Campus Engelska parken in Uppsala. You find the schedule with all classroom locations in TimeEdit once you have registered for the course. The course ends on January 16 with an oral exam. 

The course aims to present ethnographic perspectives on human-non-human relations. After completing the course, you are expected to be able to account for central themes in environmental ethnographic studies; to critically reason about the nature-culture entanglements; to explore environmental knowledge through ethnographic methods, to reflect on ethical and epistemological implications of environmental ethnographic studies and identify the contributions of such a perspective for a sustainable future.

We use the book Environmental Anthropology: Current Issues and Fields of Engagement (2023) edited by Michael Bollig and Franz Krause. You can buy this book at multiple book stores. It is of course also available online at the University Library however, as are all the articles and book chapters used. The films and podcasts are publicly available online.

We expect you to read the assigned book chapters, articles and any other course material that we use before you come to class, and to participate actively in each class. Read more about assignments, the attendance policy and the course examination here.

You can expect to meet competent and engaged teachers who all do research on socio-environmental relations applying ethnographic perspectives and methods in our work, and who prepare each class carefully.

We look forward to meeting you on November 11! You will be able to access all other course information when the fall semester starts and once you are registered on the course. Welcome!

Don't forget to register for the course

To start studying, you need to register. Go to Ladok for students to register. On the Admissions and registration page you will find instructions on how to do this.

Please note that registration is open from 6 October until 2 November 2025.