Unit name | Critical Political Ecologies of Extraction and Conservation |
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Unit code | GEOG30029 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | H/6 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
Unit director | Dr. Behzadi |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School of Geographical Sciences |
Faculty | Faculty of Science |
This unit critically explores these tensions of extractivism, conservation, and the relations between them by drawing on multiple strands of critical political ecology, an interdisciplinary field that explores how social and environmental systems interact. Theoretically, the unit builds on feminist, anti-racist, Indigenous, postcolonial and decolonial political ecologies to understand the violent histories and underlying principles behind global and national extractivist and conservationist agendas. Empirically, the unit will explore local, grounded everyday, embodied and differentiated experiences in extractive and conservation zones, drawing on case studies on resource extraction and conservation around the world, including Latin America and Central Asia. The unit is organised in four sections: a first introductory and conceptual section on the broader field of critical political ecology, a second section on resource extraction, a third section on conservation, and finally a conclusion on ecological futures. The core material is covered in lectures and seminars and further developed via independent reading, essay preparation, and an oral group presentation.
Unit aims:
On completion of this unit students should be able to:
The following transferable skills are developed in this Unit:
The unit will be taught through a blended combination of online and, if possible, in-person teaching, including
15 minute group oral presentation (30%)
3000-word essay (70%)
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How much time the unit requires
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of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks,
independent learning and assessment activity.
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Assessment
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