Ruhr-Universität Bochum

Modulname	Climate Change: Culture and Politics
Gebiet
Profil	Profil Freie Studien
CPs	5 CP
Campus	Hier geht es zum Vorlesungsverzeichnis
Voraussetzungen	Beherrschung der englischen Sprache in Wort und Schrift mind. auf Niveau B2. Studierende der Anglistik/Amerikanistik können an diesem Modul zwar teilnehmen, jedoch keine Credit Points für den Optionalbereich erwerben. Studierende der Medienwissenschaften können in diesem Modul nur dann CP für den Optionalbereich erwerben, wenn kein Modulbestandteil Teil des Fachcurriculums ist.
Besonderheiten	TN-Plätze 5 / 40 Sprache Die Unterrichtssprache ist Englisch; alle mündlichen und schriftlichen Leistungen müssen in Englisch erbracht werden. Termin der 1. Sitzung Dienstag, 15.10.2023, 16 Uhr. Die Anmeldung erfolgt über Campus auf Modulebene. Bei Problemen mit der eCampus-Anmeldung kann eine rechtzeitige Anmeldung vor Beginn des Moduls immer auch bei der/dem Lehrenden erfolgen (in der Sprechstunde oder per Email). Zusammensetzung der Endnote Die Endnote des Moduls wird aus dem Durchschnitt der Modulteilprüfungen beider Lehrveranstaltungen errechnet. Prüfungstermin Es gibt keinen Prüfungstermin außerhalb der regulären Veranstaltungszeiten.
Blockseminar	Nein
Vorkenntnisse
Veranstaltungszeit	Dienstag 16:00 - 18:00, Donnerstag 12:00 - 14:00
Dozenten	Lee Flamand, Sebastian Berg
Arbeitsaufwand	Teil 1: 2,5 CP, 2 SWS; active participation, self-organised research to be presented in a course session Teil 2: 2,5 CP, 2 SWS; preparation, participation, presentation, in- and out-of-class assignments
Literatur	Part 1: to be announced in class. Part 2: to be announced in class, but may include selections such as: Disaster Anarchy by Rhiannon Firth, Half-Earth Socialism by Dew Pendergrass and Troy Vettese, Desert by anonymous, and Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson.
Modulteil	[050668] Climate/Crisis/Culture - WS 24/25, [050660] Environmentalism and Climate Change: The British Debates - WS 24/25
Modultyp
Modulanbieter	Fakultät für Philologie, IV. Englisches Seminar
Inhalt	This module addresses the contentious issue of climate change, discussing how it feeds into and off cultural constructions of crisis, how it is represented in diverse English-language texts and media, how it can be tackled theoretically and politically, and how people and activists in Britain have responded to and sought to contain it. If you are concerned about the effects of climate change – or if you are concerned about the implications of climate change discourse – and like dealing with theory and social issues, this module is for you! Part 1: Environmentalism and Climate Change: The British Debates, WS 2024/25, do 12-14 This course analyses the history of thinking about, and fighting for the protection of, the environment in Britain. British society has a long tradition of caring about and for animals and of admiring and protecting places of ‘natural beauty’. British politics has witnessed the foundation of one of the world’s oldest green parties. These phenomena are reactions to a long list of environmental problems: the country had to deal with early urbanisation and industrialisation in the 19th century, struggles over access to open land in the early 20th century, the need for affordable housing and functioning traffic networks in densely populated areas since the later 20th century. Past experiences like those have influenced the debates on climate change and ‘climate emergency’ (officially declared by the UK parliament in 2019) that took place over the last years. Further, like other countries, most recently the UK has seen a backlash against policies to curb climate change – often in the name of supposed problems they are causing for ‘ordinary people’. In this course, we will analyse examples of historical and contemporary struggles over environmental issues. We will identify important actors and ask what ideas and concepts of ‘nature’, ‘ecology’, ‘the environment’, ‘sustainability’ they hold. Part 2: Climate \| Crisis \| Culture, WS 2023/24, di 16-18 Dealing through the interlocked themes of climate, crisis, and culture, we will investigate texts (most of them, quite contemporary) which dwell at the intersection of these three keywords. We will consider issues such as the economic production (and intellectual deconstruction) of material petro-cultures, the consumption of entertainment in times of crisis, the articulation of post-ecological politics, speculative scenarios of civilizational collapse, techno-progressive climate agendas, and other cultural responses to the climate crisis ranging from the personal and local to the collective and global. Along the way, we will deal with an interdisciplinary assortment of texts and genres: ecocriticism, pseudo-utopian social theories, pandemic-themed Hollywood cinema, anarcho-pessimist manifestos, indie video games, solarpunk aesthetics, near-future sci-fi, and more.
Lernziele	Verständnis theoretischer Texte verschiedener Fachrichtungen (interdisziplinäre Kompetenz), Analyse und Verständnis von Grundbegriffen der Cultural Studies (interkulturelle Kompetenz), Entwicklung von Fertigkeiten in der Textinterpretation, Erweiterung der Sprachkompetenz.

Voraussetzungen

Beherrschung der englischen Sprache in Wort und Schrift mind. auf Niveau B2. Studierende der Anglistik/Amerikanistik können an diesem Modul zwar teilnehmen, jedoch keine Credit Points für den Optionalbereich erwerben. Studierende der Medienwissenschaften können in diesem Modul nur dann CP für den Optionalbereich erwerben, wenn kein Modulbestandteil Teil des Fachcurriculums ist.

Besonderheiten

TN-Plätze 5 / 40 Sprache Die Unterrichtssprache ist Englisch; alle mündlichen und schriftlichen Leistungen müssen in Englisch erbracht werden. Termin der 1. Sitzung Dienstag, 15.10.2023, 16 Uhr. Die Anmeldung erfolgt über Campus auf Modulebene. Bei Problemen mit der eCampus-Anmeldung kann eine rechtzeitige Anmeldung vor Beginn des Moduls immer auch bei der/dem Lehrenden erfolgen (in der Sprechstunde oder per Email). Zusammensetzung der Endnote Die Endnote des Moduls wird aus dem Durchschnitt der Modulteilprüfungen beider Lehrveranstaltungen errechnet. Prüfungstermin Es gibt keinen Prüfungstermin außerhalb der regulären Veranstaltungszeiten.

Blockseminar

Nein

Vorkenntnisse

Veranstaltungszeit

Dienstag 16:00 - 18:00, Donnerstag 12:00 - 14:00

Dozenten

Lee Flamand, Sebastian Berg

Arbeitsaufwand

Teil 1: 2,5 CP, 2 SWS; active participation, self-organised research to be presented in a course session Teil 2: 2,5 CP, 2 SWS; preparation, participation, presentation, in- and out-of-class assignments

Literatur

Part 1: to be announced in class. Part 2: to be announced in class, but may include selections such as: Disaster Anarchy by Rhiannon Firth, Half-Earth Socialism by Dew Pendergrass and Troy Vettese, Desert by anonymous, and Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson.

Modulteil

[050668] Climate/Crisis/Culture - WS 24/25, [050660] Environmentalism and Climate Change: The British Debates - WS 24/25

Modultyp

Modulanbieter

Fakultät für Philologie, IV. Englisches Seminar

Inhalt

This module addresses the contentious issue of climate change, discussing how it feeds into and off cultural constructions of crisis, how it is represented in diverse English-language texts and media, how it can be tackled theoretically and politically, and how people and activists in Britain have responded to and sought to contain it. If you are concerned about the effects of climate change – or if you are concerned about the implications of climate change discourse – and like dealing with theory and social issues, this module is for you! Part 1: Environmentalism and Climate Change: The British Debates, WS 2024/25, do 12-14 This course analyses the history of thinking about, and fighting for the protection of, the environment in Britain. British society has a long tradition of caring about and for animals and of admiring and protecting places of ‘natural beauty’. British politics has witnessed the foundation of one of the world’s oldest green parties. These phenomena are reactions to a long list of environmental problems: the country had to deal with early urbanisation and industrialisation in the 19th century, struggles over access to open land in the early 20th century, the need for affordable housing and functioning traffic networks in densely populated areas since the later 20th century. Past experiences like those have influenced the debates on climate change and ‘climate emergency’ (officially declared by the UK parliament in 2019) that took place over the last years. Further, like other countries, most recently the UK has seen a backlash against policies to curb climate change – often in the name of supposed problems they are causing for ‘ordinary people’. In this course, we will analyse examples of historical and contemporary struggles over environmental issues. We will identify important actors and ask what ideas and concepts of ‘nature’, ‘ecology’, ‘the environment’, ‘sustainability’ they hold. Part 2: Climate | Crisis | Culture, WS 2023/24, di 16-18 Dealing through the interlocked themes of climate, crisis, and culture, we will investigate texts (most of them, quite contemporary) which dwell at the intersection of these three keywords. We will consider issues such as the economic production (and intellectual deconstruction) of material petro-cultures, the consumption of entertainment in times of crisis, the articulation of post-ecological politics, speculative scenarios of civilizational collapse, techno-progressive climate agendas, and other cultural responses to the climate crisis ranging from the personal and local to the collective and global. Along the way, we will deal with an interdisciplinary assortment of texts and genres: ecocriticism, pseudo-utopian social theories, pandemic-themed Hollywood cinema, anarcho-pessimist manifestos, indie video games, solarpunk aesthetics, near-future sci-fi, and more.

Lernziele

Verständnis theoretischer Texte verschiedener Fachrichtungen (interdisziplinäre Kompetenz), Analyse und Verständnis von Grundbegriffen der Cultural Studies (interkulturelle Kompetenz), Entwicklung von Fertigkeiten in der Textinterpretation, Erweiterung der Sprachkompetenz.

Modulsuche

Modul: Climate Change: Culture and Politics