Postgraduate Module Descriptor

ANTM105: Humans and Wildlife: Conflict and Conservation

This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.

Module Aims

The module aims:

to enable you to engage in a critical and reflexive manner with a wide range of sociocultural interactions between humans, animals and environments (both natural and built) in the contemporary world;
to provide you with the knowledge and understanding to enable you to apply and critically evaluate various theoretical perspectives relating to human-animal-environment relations;
to critically evaluate the successes and failures of conservation initiatives, and consider how anthrozoological involvement can help to improve human-wildlife interactions on the ground.

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)
This module's assessment will evaluate your achievement of the ILOs listed here - you will see reference to these ILO numbers in the details of the assessment for this module.
On successfully completing the programme you will be able to:
Module-Specific Skills	1. demonstrate a detailed knowledge and understanding of the manifold ways in which humans think about and interact with animals classified as wildlife; 2. show a sensitive yet critical appreciation of the ethical, social, political and economic implications of a range of initiatives designed to conserve endangered wildlife;
Discipline-Specific Skills	3. demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of, and ability to critically assess a selection of key theoretical debates from anthropology and cognate disciplines surrounding human interactions with 'wild' animals in both 'natural' and 'built' environments; 4. apply relevant theoretical models in the analysis of 'real world' case studies/data; 5. demonstrate a critical awareness of the value of anthrozoology to the resolution of human-wildlife conflict; 6. establish examples of' 'best practice' and demonstrate an ability to critically evaluate the successes and failures of a range of conservation initiatives;
Personal and Key Skills	7. identify a coherent research question and conduct effective independent research to answer that question; 8. effectively communicate complex ideas in a clear, accessible and academic manner; 9. synthesise and analyse material from a full range of sources; 10. present research in accordance with the requirements of a peer-reviewed academic journal.

Module Content

Syllabus Plan

The module will be split into three parts. The first will introduce and discuss a range of key theoretical models and debates from environmental anthropology, environmental philosophy and cognate disciplines (such as phenomenology, deep ecology, ecological humanism, eco-criticism, post-humanism). The second part will cover a comprehensive selection of ethnographic case studies which consider human-wildlife conflict and conservation initiatives. The third phase will discuss the ways in which anthrozoological knowledge and methodological approaches can and have benefited human-wildlife co-existence and the conservation of endangered species. This module provides you with the opportunity to engage in empirical research or a library-based literature review.

You will be provided with the support needed to enable you to synthesise theory and if appropriate, empirical data to produce a research paper which is written in the style of an appropriate academic journal of their choice.

Learning and Teaching

This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	Guided independent study	Placement / study abroad
20	130	0

...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:

Category	Hours of study time	Description
Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities	10	10 x 1 hour podcast audio lectures with accompanying powerpoint presentations
Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities	10	10 x 1 hour discussion/seminar participations on the VLE discussion forums (including formative assessments)
Guided Independent Study	30	Preparation for formative assessments
Guided Independent Study	100	Research and writing of summative assessments

Online Resources

This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).

Web based and electronic resources:

http://eea.anthro.uga.edu/index.php/eea (Journal of Ecological and Environmental Anthropology)