Global Environmental Futures (11150.1)
Available teaching periods | Delivery mode | Location |
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View teaching periods | On-Campus |
Bruce, Canberra |
EFTSL | Credit points | Faculty |
0.125 | 3 | Faculty Of Arts And Design |
Discipline | Study level | HECS Bands |
School Of Arts And Communications | Level 3 - Undergraduate Advanced Unit | Band 2 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021) Band 4 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021) Band 4 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan Social Work_Exclude 0905) |
Learning outcomes
After successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:1. Interrogate and interpret key socio-cultural narratives and theoretical representations of nature and culture;
2. Evaluate how humanities and creative arts approaches can contribute to creative interventions in ecological crises; and
3. Apply knowledge of global and cultural environmental contexts to their assessment of ethical practices in the creative and cultural sectors.
Graduate attributes
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
1. UC graduates are professional - display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload
1. UC graduates are professional - take pride in their professional and personal integrity
2. UC graduates are global citizens - think globally about issues in their profession
2. UC graduates are global citizens - adopt an informed and balanced approach across professional and international boundaries
2. UC graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
2. UC graduates are global citizens - behave ethically and sustainably in their professional and personal lives
Prerequisites
Must have passed 48 credit points.Corequisites
None.Incompatible units
None.Equivalent units
None.Assumed knowledge
None.Year | Location | Teaching period | Teaching start date | Delivery mode | Unit convener |
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2023 | Bruce, Canberra | Semester 1 | 06 February 2023 | On-Campus | Dr Russell Kirkpatrick |
2024 | Bruce, Canberra | Semester 1 | 05 February 2024 | On-Campus | Dr Russell Kirkpatrick |
Required texts
Required:
Falconer, Delia: The Opposite of Glamour. Sydney Review of Books, 2017. (Online)
Head, Lesley: The Anthropoceneans. Geographical Research special paper, 2015. (Library)
Kaefer, Florian: Origin and Success of 100% Pure New Zealand Destination Brand. The Place Brand Observer, 2016. (Online)
Sundberg, Juanita: Decolonizing Posthuman Geographies. Cultural Geographies 21(1), 2014. (Library)
ABC: Pumped: Who's Benefitting from the Millions Spent on the Murray-Darling? ABC, 2017. (Online video)
Winkworth, Gail; Healy, Chris; Woodward, Merrilyn and Camilleri, Peter. Community Capacity Building: Learning from the 2003 Canberra Bushfires [online]. Australian Journal of Emergency Management, The, Vol. 24, No. 2, May 2009. (Library)
Firth, Chris et al: Developing "community" in community gardens. Local Environment, 16 (6), 2011. (Library)
Wilson, Cameron: Rethinking Indigenous Australia's Agricultural Past. ABC podcast, 2014. (Online)
Turner, Bethaney: Taste, Waste and the New Materiality of Food, ch 1 and 3. Routledge, 2018. (Library)
Romano, Aja: Hopepunk, the latest storytelling trend, is all about weaponized optimism. Vox, 2018. (Online)
Recommended:
Ellis, N. and Cunsolo, A: Hope and Mourning in the Anthropocene, The Conversation, April 5 2018. (Online)
Participation requirements
None
Required IT skills
None
Work placement, internships or practicums
None