Předmět Studying Local Rural Systems (HEN633)

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Cíl

The course aims to provide insights and methodological training in studying local communities through the use of anthropological and social ecological field methods, and interpret the results within the framework of sustainability and development studies. Taking a systems perspective, the students are encouraged to look at rural systems as coupled socio-ecological systems (SES) with material, energy, land, labour and technology as relevant variables.

Osnova

The course itself begins with a one day pre-seminar on Wednesday, 13th of March at the Institute of Social Ecology in Vienna with an overview of the theoretical and operational framework of social ecology and societal metabolism.The actual seminar takes place as a 5-day block (11.-15.5.2015) in a culturally challenging environment of Třeboňsko (Františkov village, near Třeboň, Czech Republic) where further inputs are given and actual field work is undertaken. Here we learn and experience how to establish contact, build rapport and interact in a culturally sensitive way. We also learn to design innovative field methods of generating data that provides relevant information on the functioning of local rural systems such as material and energy flows, time use, land-use, and to estimate quantities of society’s stocks such as population, livestock, land, and artefacts. The seminar concludes with reflection on our experiences and results, and makes an attempt to interpret them within the framework of sustainability and development interventions.Main topics:• Material and energy flow analysis• Land use• Functional time use analysis• Institutional aspects

Literatura

povinná literatura• Singh, S.J. et al. (2010) Local studies manual. A researcher’s guide for investigating the social metabolism of local rural systems. Social Ecology Working Paper, Vienna. Available at http://www.uni-klu.ac.at/socec/downloads/WP120_Web.pdf (10.2.2013)• 3 – 5 shorter scientific articles on social metabolism, land use, Třeboňsko Biosphere reserve, small-scale farming etc., will be specified and provided in March

Požadavky

SOUHLASupper-intermediate English language skills

Garant

doc. Mgr. Bohuslav Binka, Ph.D.

Vyučující

Mgr. Eva Fraňková, Ph.D.doc. Mgr. Bohuslav Binka, Ph.D.doc. Mgr. Bohuslav Binka, Ph.D.