Political Ecologies of Development

• • Week 1 - Ecology and Justice in a New Climate
  • Week 2 - Development + Sustainability
  • Week 3 - Capitalism + Power
  • Week 4 - Doing Political Ecology
  • Week 5 - Politics and oil do mix
  • Week 6 - Power, climate and the energy transition
  • Week 7 - The politics of food scarcity
  • Week 8 - Controlling food systems
  • Week 9 - Flows of water and power
  • Week 10 - Waters that subjecte and that divide
  • Week 11 - Alternatives in the present
  • Week 12 - Ruin, Reform, Resist
  • Week 13 - Revive: making sustainable and just worlds

You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or currently be enrolled in the following subject(s) in a prior study period; or enrol in the following subject(s) to study prior to this subject:

one of

• TAS-KGA204-Earth, Climate and Life
• TAS-KGA205-Geographies of Economy, Politics and Culture
• TAS-KGA223-Environmental Management

Please note that your enrolment in this subject is conditional on successful completion of these prerequisite subject(s). If you study the prerequisite subject(s) in the study period immediately prior to studying this subject, your result for the prerequisite subject(s) will not be finalised prior to the close of enrolment. In this situation, should you not complete your prerequisite subject(s) successfully you should not continue with your enrolment in this subject. If you are currently enrolled in the prerequisite subject(s) and believe you may not complete these all successfully, it is your responsibility to reschedule your study of this subject to give you time to re-attempt the prerequisite subject(s)

Others

Conditional requisite: TAS-KGA204 OR TAS-KGA205 OR TAS-KGA223 OR Permission of the unit coordinator

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

Political ecology is a diverse area of study, professional practice and activism that integrates concerns about justice, sustainability and development. Political ecology seeks explanations of the root causes of and transformative responses to environmental problems. Analysing nature and society as one system and employing case studies from around the world, you will: investigate environmental concerns through questions about unequal social power; examine the interplay of politics and economics in relation to food, water and energy resources; unpack global power relations between ‘developed' (minority world) and 'developing' (majority world) societies; and chart actionable paths towards sustainable, equitable and decent futures. The skills of inquiry and knowledge you develop are applicable to careers in government, the private sector and civil society at the intersection of development and environment concerns.

• Take Home Examination (25%)
• Critical Inquiry Portfolio (40%)
• Investigative Essay (35%)

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