{"id":189,"date":"2023-09-11T09:22:05","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T09:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/oms6\/?p=189"},"modified":"2023-09-11T09:22:05","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T09:22:05","slug":"ethics-of-nature-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/oms6\/2023\/09\/11\/ethics-of-nature-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethics of Nature 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

Syllabus, Ethics of Nature (Si\u00f0fr\u00e6\u00f0i n\u00e1tt\u00farunnar: HSP722M), 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n

Download syllabus (.docx): Ethics of Nature 2023 information and syllabus<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Week-Date-Lecturer<\/strong><\/td>\nTopic<\/strong><\/td>\nRequired Texts<\/strong><\/td>\nOther Information<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Week 1<\/p>\n

21. Aug.<\/p>\n

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Introduction to course<\/td>\n\u201cGeneral information and syllabus\u201d (this document)<\/p>\n

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Week 2<\/p>\n

28. Aug.<\/p>\n

(OS)<\/td>\n

Environmental ethics:<\/p>\n

History and concepts<\/td>\n

- Jason Kawall, \u201cA History of Environmental Ethics\u201c
\n- UNEP: \u201eMaking Peace With Nature\u201c (just skim the first 17 short pages)<\/td>\n		Groups will be formed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Week 3<\/p>\n

4. Sep.<\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n

Connecting to (our) nature 1<\/td>\n- Michel Loreau: \"Nature That Makes Us Human\" (chapters 7-9)<\/p>\n

- \u00d3lafur P\u00e1ll J\u00f3nsson et al.: \u201eOn Being in nature: Aldo Leopold as an Educator for the 21st Century\u201c<\/td>\n

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Week 4<\/p>\n

11. Sep.<\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n

Ecological processes<\/td>\n- Roope Oskari Kaaronen: \u201cReframing Tacit Human\u2013Nature Relations\u201d
\n- Eugene Gendlin: \u201cBody- Environment\u201d (5 pages from A Process Model<\/em>)<\/p>\n

- Ole Sandberg (video): \u201eNature Philosophy in the land of Ice and Fire: Process thinking in an Icelandic context\u201c (https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CzbDH0lro18<\/a>)<\/td>\n

Student presentation \u2013 group 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Week 5<\/p>\n

18. Sep.<\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n

Ethics of care and indigenous ethics<\/td>\n- Kyle Powys Whyte & Christine J. Cuomo: \u201cEthics of Caring in Environmental Ethics\u201d<\/p>\n

- Gregory Cajete: \u201eNative Science - Natural Laws of Interdependence\u201c<\/p>\n

- Rune Hjarn\u00f8 Rasmussen (video): \u201eViking Environmentalism\u201c (https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wUjJ6NtA9T0<\/a>)<\/td>\n

Student presentation \u2013 group 2<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

First multiple choice exam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Week 6<\/p>\n

25. Sep.<\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n

Eco-feminism<\/td>\n- Karen J Warren: \"Nature is a Feminist Issue\"<\/p>\n

- Janet Biehl: \"Problems in Ecofeminism\"<\/p>\n

- Pinkola Est\u00e9s: \u201cWomen who run with Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype\u201d<\/td>\n

Student presentation \u2013 group 3<\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Week 7<\/p>\n

2. Oct.<\/td>\n

Animals and other sentient beings<\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n

- Peter Singer: \u201cAll Animals are Equal\u201d
\n- Morten T\u00f8nnessen & J Beever: \"Beyond Sentience: Biosemiotics as Foundation for Animal and Environmental Ethics\"<\/p>\n

- \u201eMelanie Challenger: \"Animals in the Room, Why we can and should listen to other species\u201c (also\u00a0 available in audio form at https:\/\/emergencemagazine.org\/essay\/animals-in-the-room\/<\/a>)<\/td>\n

Student presentation \u2013 group 4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Week 8<\/p>\n

9. Oct.<\/td>\n

Politics of food<\/td>\n- Corine Pelluchon: \u201eNourishment - A Philosophy of the Political Body\u201c
\n- Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing: \"The Mushroom at the End of the World\"
\n- Interview with Chef Njathi Kabui:
\nhttps:\/\/ukombozireview.com\/blog\/decolonizing-our-food-a-chefs-quest-for-food-justice\/<\/a><\/td>\n		Student presentation \u2013 group 5<\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Week 9<\/p>\n

16. Oct.<\/td>\n

Connecting to (our) nature 2<\/td>\n- H.W. Schroeder: \u201cThe Felt Sense of Natural Environments\u201d<\/p>\n

- P. Sk\u00falason: \u201cMeditation at the Edge of Askja\u201d<\/td>\n

Student presentation \u2013 group 6<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Second multiple choice exam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Week 10<\/p>\n

23. Oct.<\/p>\n

(S\u00de)<\/td>\n

Connecting to (our) Nature 3<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n

- Sigr\u00ed\u00f0ur \u00deorgeirsdottir: \u201eThe Embodied, Experiential and Elemental Turn in Environmental Ethics\u201c
\n- Claire Petitmengin: \u201eAnchoring in lived experience as an act of resistance\u201d<\/td>\n		Student presentation \u2013 group 7<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Week 11<\/p>\n

30. Oct.<\/td>\n

Climate change and social change<\/td>\n- Ole Sandberg: \u201cClimate Disruption, Political Stability, and Collective Imagination\u201d<\/p>\n

- Nancy Tuana: \u201cFrom a Lifeboat Ethic to Anthropocenean Sensibilities\u201d<\/td>\n

Student presentation \u2013 group 8<\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Week 12<\/p>\n

6. Nov.<\/td>\n

Cooperation and collective action<\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n

- Elinor Ostrom: \u201cReflections on the Commons\u201d<\/p>\n

- Irina Papazu: \u201cAuthoring Participation\u201d<\/p>\n

(2 short videos that will help with understanding Ostrom:
\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WYA1y405JW0<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vT99LqJaTeI<\/a>)<\/td>\n

Student presentation \u2013 group 9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Week 13<\/p>\n

13. Nov.<\/td>\n

 <\/p>\n

+ Practical information on exams, questions, etc.<\/td>\n

 <\/p>\n

To be announced (open for now)<\/td>\n

Student presentation \u2013 group 10<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Third multiple choice exam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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