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TI 344 environmental justice 

Credits:         5 ECTs Lecturer:       Dr. Anna Stanley Office:           AC Building, Room 105 Office Hours: tbc Phone:          00 353 91 49 3897  Email:           anna.stanleynuigalway.ie Lectures:       Mon 10-11, D'Arcy Thompson                      Mon 2-3, Fottrell  AM200

Overview:

This course critically considers society-environment relationships to examine the ways in which social exclusion is produced in relation to environment. Using the concept of environmental justice the course will engage with a range of selected case studies to gain an understanding of the ways in which social groups are marginalized as a result of how as groups and societies we organize ourselves in relation to environment (and in relation to others in and through environment).   The course will review theories of justice wherein students will become familiar with a range of geographical concepts and processes for understanding the mechanisms and expressions of in/justice.  Students will also develop a critical understanding of environment (and environmental degradation) as something inextricably connected to social and economic processes and structures.  Through close reading of case studies students will become aware of the manner in which difference, exclusion, and marginality are worked out in and through environment and nature.

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Objectives:

• To develop an informed understanding of theories of justice
• To gain familiarity with concepts such as difference, diversity, racialization, and cultural imperialism
• To develop an informed understanding of processes such as uneven development, accumulation by dispossession, and exclusion
• To develop a critical understanding of the connections between justice, environment, and difference

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Format:

This course is a third year, lecture-based class with by-weekly lectures.  It is designed to benefit from the participation of students by deliberately integrating discussion, in-class participation, and various activities directly into the delivery of the course, for grades.   The course will be structured around a combination of lectures, video presentations, class discussions, and case study presentations.  Students will be expected to attend class regularly, actively participate in class discussion and activities, and come to class prepared and able to participate. The course will proceed on the assumption that students have adequately prepared the readings.  This course will make use of blackboard for most communication of course materials, including course readings.  Students are responsible for checking the site for updated course announcements or other relevant materials.  The course outline, course handouts, changes to course schedule or reading materials, and provisional grades will be posted on blackboard.  Selected lecture material will be made available through blackboard. 

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Course Assessment:

Case Study Presentation (40%)  
Class Participation (10%)
Essay (50%)

There is no exam for this course.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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