autumn 2025
SOA-2012 Globalization: Resources, Power, and Values - 10 ECTS
Course content
In this course, we will apply current anthropological perspectives to map the connections between environmental conditions, power, and material resources in today's global economy. We will learn how people interact with their surroundings by following the flows of material and cultural forms. Global challenges and the circulation of material goods have local consequences and are encountered in different social and cultural contexts on the ground. You will learn about sustainability, values, scale, infrastructure, markets, and resistance. We will look at how resources are extracted, produced, and distributed, with critical eyes on the perspectives that shape and govern these processes in the Anthropocene era.Objectives of the course
To understand global challenges of the Anthropocene era through an anthropological lens
To understand the connections between global and local scales
To follow the flows of material and cultural forms to better understand human society in a globalized world
To develop critical analyses of resource extraction, production and circulation.
Schedule
Examination
| Examination: | Duration: | Grade scale: |
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| Off campus exam | 7 Days | A–E, fail F |
Coursework requirements:To take an examination, the student must have passed the following coursework requirements: |
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| One assignment | Approved – not approved | |
- About the course
- Campus: Tromsø |
- ECTS: 10
- Course code: SOA-2012
- Responsible unit
- Institutt for samfunnsvitskap
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