This course introduces doctoral students and advanced Master’s students (final year) to the fundamentals of interdisciplinary human-environment research. Collectively taught by IRI THESys researchers, the course introduces students to the range of scientific practices for building explanations and constructing knowledge in human-environment research. The themes covered include brief introductions to the history of western scientific thought, science and technology studies, ethics and politics, numerical modelling and statistical inference, remote sensing, socio-cultural anthropology and human geography, as well as inter- and transdisciplinarity. The course will be organized around the theme of climate change, to showcase different thought-styles and practices as they are articulated and enacted within a specific research domain.
The guests will decide if the seminar takes place online or in presence.
Findet im Rahmen des normalen Lehrprogrammes am Institut für Europäische Ethnologie statt, ÜWP Studierende können zusätzlich teilnehmen.
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Fleck, L. (1979) Chapter 2: Epistemological Conclusions from the Established History of a Concept. In Genesis and Development of a Scientific Fact. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
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