ENV527E - Social and Sacred Ecology 1

Leader: Peter Cock

Offered

Not offered in 2007

Synopsis

Sacred and Sacred Ecology 1 explores the dialectic of the social and the sacred and examines the synergy between them. It examines the ways different social and religious structures and practices are responding to the ecological crisis locally and globally. It addresses contemporary, cultural, social, religious and philosophical perspectives on the human-nature relationship. In particular, it engages in a critical examination of selected aspects of social and sacred ecology from indigenous perspectives to postmodern re-enchantment of the human-nature connection.

Assessment

1500-word review: 10%
1500-word paper: 15%
Two x 1000-word practicals: 20%
4000-word report: 40%
Presentations (two x 10mins): 10%
Overall participation: 5%

Contact hours

2 hour seminar/lecture per week plus 2 off campus weekend intensives