HDCB01161U DCC Sustainable Denmark: How can We achieve Sustainable Development

Volume 2020/2021
Education

Danish Culture Courses

www.danishculturecourse.ku.dk

Content

Affluence and/or Sustainability? Environmental Histories of Denmark since 1970

The global quest for sustainable development causes specific challenges for affluent societies like Denmark. How do we promote worldwide equality while solving local and global environmental problems like climate change? Can continued economic growth on which our affluence is grounded really last? Or do we have to choose between affluence and sustainability?

A cursory introduction to the recent environmental history of Denmark that focuses on such issues as pollution, energy, biodiversity, climate change, knowledge production, environmental imaginaries, governance, economy, and technology will form the common ground for transnational and transdisciplinary comparisons. In seminars and discussions, different analytical approaches will be put on the line and their reach and applicability tested. And by preparing and undertaking a future workshop, prerequisites for a truly sustainable development will be elaborated.

The course is arranged in collaboration with Sustainability Science Centre, UCPH 

 

Name of Exam: HHIB10211E Historical Theme 1/Historisk tema 1

As course literature, we will use the unpublished manuscript of the basic reader Bo Fritzbøger: Affluence and/or Sustainability? An introduction to Environmental Histories of Denmark since 1970, which will be uploaded on the course web page.

A number of other texts will also be uploaded in Absalon before the start of the semester. 

The course is only offered to exchange and guest students at the University of Copenhagen.
Teaching is organized as three-hour sessions twice a week. During the first two thirds of the semester, classes will vary between teacher presentations, discussions, group work, and excursions. The last third will mainly consist of supervision, individually or in groups.
  • Category
  • Hours
  • Class Instruction
  • 84
  • Preparation
  • 175
  • Exam Preparation
  • 129,5
  • Total
  • 388,5
Feedback by final exam (In addition to the grade)
Credit
15 ECTS
Type of assessment
Written assignment
Written take-home assignment with an optional subject approved by the lecturer. The topic should be either transnational or transdisciplinary (or both). 16-20 standard pages.
Aid
All aids allowed
Marking scale
7-point grading scale
Censorship form
No external censorship
Re-exam

Conducted in the same masser as the ordinary examination.