ENSn4686 Deep Ecology II

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/3/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Ľuboš Slovák (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Karel Stibral, Ph.D.
Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Kateřina Hendrychová
Supplier department: Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Fri 21. 2. 14:00–17:40 U35, Fri 28. 2. 14:00–17:40 U35, Fri 7. 3. 14:00–17:40 U35, Fri 14. 3. 14:00–17:40 U35, Fri 21. 3. 14:00–17:40 U35, Fri 28. 3. 14:00–17:40 U35, Fri 4. 4. 14:00–17:40 U35, Fri 11. 4. 14:00–17:40 P22, Fri 25. 4. 14:00–17:40 U35, Fri 2. 5. 14:00–17:40 U35, Fri 9. 5. 14:00–17:40 U35, Fri 16. 5. 14:00–17:40 U35
Prerequisites (in Czech)
TYP_STUDIA(N)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 12 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 11/12, only registered: 0/12, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/12
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
- Get to know deep ecology as a particular kind of response to the ecological crisis.
- Gain experience with approaches to the world based on personal bodily experience.
- Explore the possibilities of such approaches for overcoming the alienation between humans and the non-human world.
Learning outcomes
By completing the course, the student* will gain: - Practical skills to explore the world through personal physical, sensory and aesthetic experience.
- Theoretical and practical knowledge of the Cooperative inquiry research method.
- Greater sensitivity to other forms of being in the world.
Syllabus
  • Rough outline and proposal of topics (content and order may change to the extent that the content will be participatory):
  • - Introduction to deep ecology: an inquiry into deeper causes of environmental problems, the response of deep ecology.
  • - Alienation, separateness vs. interconnectedness, entanglement.
  • - The role of place, relationship to a place.
  • - Thinking, perception, feeling and intuition and their role in knowing the world.
  • - Mindfulness, listening, openness vs. closedness, disconnection. Their roles.
  • - Individual vs. social dimensions of alienation and possibilities for change.
  • - Emotions, defences, resilience.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • KIMMERER, Robin Wall. Braiding sweetgrass : indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge and the teachings of plants. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Milkweed Editions, 2013, 1 online. ISBN 9781571318718. URL info
  • ABRAM, David. Kouzlo smyslů : vnímání a jazyk ve více než lidském světě. Edited by Jiří Zemánek, Translated by Michaela Melechovská. 1. vyd. Praha: DharmaGaia, 2013, 407 s. ISBN 9788074360244. info
    not specified
  • NÆSS, Arne. Ekologie, pospolitost a životní styl : náčrt ekosofie. Translated by Jiří Hrubý. Vyd. 1. Tulčík: Abies, 1996, 310 s. ISBN 8088699096. info
  • SEED, John, Joanna MACY, Pat FLEMING and Arne NÆSS. Myslet jako hora : shromáždění všech bytostí. Translated by Jiří Holuša, Illustrated by Dailan Pugh. Vydanie prvé. Prešov: Nadácia Zelená nádej, 1993, 144 stran. ISBN 8088699010. info
Teaching methods
Cooperative inquiry, transformative learning, personal field practice, field diary, reading, reflection on experience
Assessment methods
The course is mainly about your own experience. The student* will creatively transform this into entries in the field diary and will reflect on it continuously in the seminars. She will then present her field diary as part of the colloquium and then reflect on her experiences throughout the course. Assessment will be given on the basis of the completed diary and reflection on the recorded experiences at the colloquium.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
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