ECOLOGY|RURAL PRODUCTION SYSTEMS|NATURAL RESOURCES-DEPENDENT SOCIETIES|GATHERER HUNTERS

Module Content

This module combines social and natural science approaches to the study of rural production systems in the Global South. By focusing on...

Module Content

This module combines social and natural science approaches to the study of rural production systems in the Global South. By focusing on ‘traditional’ small scale production and the systems of meaning in which they are embedded, it provides the foundations for understanding local responses to phenomena of global economic and environmental change. Starting with rather separate bodies of knowledge, the course aims to integrate insights and perspectives from the different disciplines as the course goes along. This year the course will cover pastoralists and fishers. You may find the following journals useful general browsing: Human Ecology; Development and Change..

Learning outcomes

Familiarity with a range of social-ecological systems and case studies illustrating their conditions and constraints around the global south
 Comparative analysis of environmental and social issues facing rural peoples around the global south
Additional Information

Assessment

Two 2000-word essays are required for the module. Both are assessed, but only the best grade goes through as a mark for the module. This gives the opportunity, where appropriate, for feedback from the first essay to be formative.

Indicative readings

Christine Carter & Caroline Garaway (2014) Shifting Tides, Complex Lives: The Dynamics of Fishing and Tourism Livelihoods on the Kenyan Coast, Society & Natural Resources, 27:6, 573-587, DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2013.842277

Galvin K 2009 Transitions: pastoralists living with change. Ann.Rev.Anthropology 38,185-198

Useful journals for general browsing: Human Ecology; Development and Change.

Overview:

This module aims to develop a good understanding of the various gas turbine, steam turbine and combined cycles for electricity generation. Students...