81953 - Senior Seminar in Global Humanities (1) (LM)

Learning outcomes

The course aims at offering an analysis of some of the global challenges the population of the planet has been facing since the second half of the XX century. Among these, the critical relation with the natural resources and with the concept of development and, above all, climate change, the greatest global challenge of our age, with its connections to territorial development, ecological risk and food security, tourism and the consumption of natural resources. At the end of the course, the student will have acquired the critical tools to analyse the global challenges of our society, through the acquisition of theoretical and empirical knowledge on climate change, environmental and socio-cultural impacts of development and tourism, the promotion and protection of biological and cultural diversity.

Course contents

The Senior Seminar in Global Humanities is conceived as an interdisciplinary space of discussion around the so called "spatial turn" that is investing all fields of the Humanities (history, anthropology, geography, philosophy, political theory). 

It will be articulated in single lectures and short intensive courses (8 hours) by guests and visiting from all over the world.

 

For a detail program of events and courses, see the website of the Global Cultures curriculum (GLOC): http://corsi.unibo.it/2cycle/GlobalCultures/Pages/senior-seminar.aspx

Assessment methods

Students will have to attends all lectures and events and at least three short intensive courses.

The will need to prepare a paper (about 10/15 pages) on one of the short intensive courses attended.

Office hours

See the website of Raffaele Laudani