Course syllabus

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

Language of instruction is English. 

Your teachers are Susann Baez Ullberg, Vladislava Vladimirova, Aliaksandra Shrubokand Anastasia Ulturgasheva.

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 introductory lecture on Monday November 11 at 11:15-13:00. 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 and some online classes on Zoom. You find the schedule with all classroom locations in TimeEdit once you have registered for the course. The zoom links to the online classes will also be listed in the schedule.

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, but probably not second hand since it is a new book hot off the presses. It is of course also available online at the University Library however. In addition, articles and reports will be provided by the teachers during the course.

We expect you to read the assigned book chapters and articles 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 meet 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 14 October to 3 November, 2024.