Module ANT2111 for 2022/3
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
ANT2111: Climate Change in Global and Local Perspectives
This module descriptor refers to the 2022/3 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:
climate justice
traditional ecological knowledge
climate denial
government policy
scientific models
extreme weather events.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | 128 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Schedule Learning and Teaching Activity | 22 | Weekly 2-hour lectures/seminars or 1 hour lecture + 1 hour seminar. |
| Guided Independent Study | 40 | Weekly reading for seminars |
| Guided Independent Study | 60 | Research paper writing and research |
| Guided Independent Study | 28 | Film watching and writing review |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
- Susan Crate and Mark Nuttall, eds., Anthropology and Climate Change: From Actions to Transformations. Routledge, 2016.
- Susan A. Crate and Mark Nuttall, eds., Anthropology and Climate Change: From Encounters to Actions. Left Coast Press, 2009.
- Kari Marie Norgaard. Living in denial: Climate change, emotions, and everyday life. MIT Press, 2011
- Giovanni Bennardo, ed. Cultural Models of Nature: Primary Food Producers and Climate Change. Routledge, 2019.
- Amelia Moore. Destination Anthropocene: Global Change Science, Tourism, and the Rebranding of Island Space in The Bahamas. University of California Press, 2018.
- Henry Shue. Climate justice: Vulnerability and protection. Oxford University Press, 2014.
- Kirsten Hastrup and Martin Skrydstrup, eds. The social life of climate change models: Anticipating nature. Routledge, 2013.
