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Norwegian
Africanists at NTNU
Conferences/
Seminars
Internet
courses
A: Africa:
Nature, Culture & Society
B: People &
Environment
C: Swahili
Culture and Cilvilization
D: Africa:
Music, Culture & History
E:
Anthropological Perspectives
F: History of
Africa
G: Health in
Africa
Departments
Social
Anthropology
History
Geography
Music
Linguistics
Community medicine
and general practice
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| The objective of the course is to
give students an introduction to som central problems
connected to the interaction between people and
environment in Africa. In many contexts, Africa has been
presented as a continent where the interplay between
people and environment is especially problematic. In the
daily press as well as in educational literature, Africa
is reported as a continent characterized by drought,
deforestation, water shortage and a struggle for natural
resources, and with cultural and politically conditioned
traditions that are a hindrance to development. Although
such problems are most prominent in many places, it is
equally clear that conditions are varied and the causal
relations complex. The course aims to give an introduction
to a few central approaches to problems connected to the
relation between people and environmental issues in
Africa. Emphasis will be put on the discussion and
presentation of the geographical spread of various
phenomena, possible causal relations and attemts that may
be utilized to resolve the problems. Internet lessons will be given in
during the spring term. As an e-learning student you will be given access to
15 Internet lessons in a Learning Management System
called It's:Learning. You are also expected to attend 2
gatherings at the university campus in Trondheim and to
join discussion groups on the Internet. Instead of a final
exam, this course requires continous work and hand in of 4
portfolios.
Course description for
People and Environment
in Africa:
AFR 1002 (code for ordinary
students)/ AFR 6002 (code for Internet students)
| Credits: |
15 |
| Duration: |
1 semester (spring) |
| Teaching method
and activities:: |
Internet lections
(15 lections via Internet, 2 gatherings
on campus). |
| Formal
requirements: |
The e-learning
course will be taught in Norwegian only. |
| Compulsory
activity: |
3 portfolios to
be handed in; 20 March, 20 April and 21 May |
| Exam: |
Portfolio
assessment |
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