1130416 – Political Ecology - Study Circle
Political ecology is a theoretical and methodological approach to the study of socio-ecological systems. It focuses on conflicts, power relations and uneven distribution of environmental costs and benefits. The field seeks to "politicise" debates about environmental problems, and thereby stands in contrast to a-political ecologies that try to understand environmental issues in terms of universal driving forces related to, for example, population trends or biophysical factors. Please have a look at the syllabus and read the first two texts until 27th of April (you find them in Readings/1 - Political Ecology).