Urban Gardens of Berlin: Transdisciplinary Ecologies situates questions of planetary change through the city of Berlin as a diverse complex ecosystem, focusing on several urban gardens. Asking “what can a garden be?” the course proposes ecological thinking to engage with multiple disciplines informing the field of ecology including environmental, economic, social, political, artistic and spiritual to study relations between many human and nonhuman communities that compose each garden. The course will include on-site visits, including guided tours and talks with local organisers from each of the projects, elaborating on their practices and contextualising within local histories. Students will be supported to work autonomously and collaboratively in creative, critical, and reflective ways, embracing transdisciplinarity, and concluding the course by designing a speculative garden situated in a location within Berlin.
Language requirements: English B2
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This course is part of the Berlin Perspectives program for international exchange students. Regular degree-seeking students are also welcome to attend within the elective part of their study program. Courses are offered by the Career Center as part of the elective program üWP.
Berlin Perspectives seminars are specifically designed for undergraduate-level students. As a master's student, please check with your university beforehand to confirm whether the study points can be recognized.
Upon completion of the seminar, students will receive 5 ECTS.
The detailed syllabus for this course is available on the Berlin Perspectives website: https://hic.hu-berlin.de/en/berlin-perspectives/courses
Registration for the Summer Semester 2024 is open until 9 April 2024.
Places are allocated via Agnes through a lottery procedure (not on a first-come, first-served basis).
You will be notified by 12 April 2024 if you have been allocated a place.
Please make sure to attend the first session to confirm your participation. If you have changed your mind about the course, kindly sign out in Agnes. Other students will be happy to take your place in the seminar.
If you were placed on the waiting list, there is still a chance of moving up in the first few weeks of the semester if other students decide to drop the course. In that case, please inform the teachers of your interest.
