Syllabus of the course

Introduction to the topic people-environment 

Recommended reading:

Ingold, Tim. 2013. Dreaming of dragons: on the imagination of real life. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 19: 734-752.

Krenak, Ailton. 2022. Thinking With Your Head on Earth. In Luca Bacchini, Victoria Saramago (eds.). Literature Beyond the Human: Post-Anthropocentric Brazil, 235-239. New York: Routledge.

Tsing, Anna; Mathews, Andrew; Bubandt, Nils. 2019. “Patchy anthropocene: landscape structure, multiespecies history, and the retooling of anthropology.” Current Anthropology 60(20): S186-197.

Further readings will be indicated during the lecture

Additional activity

Creation of a collective word cloud from the keyword “environment”. For this activity the participants are requested to access the link: https://www.menti.com/alvsvb1sagoo

Once accessed, the participants should add 3 words that relate to the concept of “environment”. We kindly ask you to fill in the task at least a couple of days before the beginning of the course, to discuss the results during the first meeting.

Step for the final works

Please start to think of some ideas and experiences that call your attention and interest in the interrelations between people and environments (assumed in a broad sense).

Recording of the meeting