Předmět Environmental History I (ENS288)
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The main aim of this course is to familiarize students with environmental history, that is, with the study of the interactions that have played out between humans and the environment over the course of our history as a species. In doing so, students should gain a good understanding how the past has affected the environment we live in and depend on today.Students will be able to understand and explain various topics currently popular within the field of environmental history. They will also gain an idea of the various methods that can be used in this interdisciplinary field.At the end of the course students will be able to recognize how past interactions between humans and the environment have created today's physical landscapes.
Osnova
Over the course of the semester, we will focus on various major topics from different time periods in global environmental history.Each lecture will present a different theme and time period.Some of the topics to be covered include:- Prehistory: the origins of humans, the dawn of agriculture- Antiquity: the environment in the classical world, Greece, Rome, etc.- the Middle Ages- the Age of Exploration: ecological imperialism and the Columbian exchange- the Enlightenment and the rationalization of the environment- the Industrial Revolution, progress, and environmental change- the origins of nature conservation and environmental protection- the environment after World War II: the Age of Ecology, high modernismA field trip will also be included.
Garant
doc. Mgr. Bohuslav Binka, Ph.D.
Vyučující
doc. PhDr. Lubor Kysučan, Ph.D.Mgr. Nicholas Paul Orsillo