In this course, featuring many researchers from the University of Zurich and international institutions, we will introduce you to some of the most vibrant cultural trends addressing landscape appreciation, degradation, protection, and rehabilitation that currently circulate in the Asian hemisphere. You will learn about concepts of landscape in Asian religions, philosophy, social sciences, history and the arts and their reverberation in selected environmental projects in China, India and Japan. Furthermore, we will discuss how they are critically reflected upon in the context of the environmental humanities, and observe how an interdisciplinary approach towards regional ecosystems past and present reaches out beyond pragmatic technological solutions to mitigate environmental damage. Following us on our different paths and trajectories through the five modules of the course, you will encounter many of the reasons why environmental humanities study projects which strive to change people’s prevalent attitudes, values and behavioural patterns in order to redeem the rapidly globalizing crisis, and how they go about it.
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Asian Environmental Humanities: Landscapes in Transition
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
4 hours to complete
The Roots and Routes of Asian Environmental Thought
4 hours to complete
8 videos (Total 95 min), 4 readings, 1 quiz
3 hours to complete
Entangled Landscapes - Chinese Garden Concepts and Global Environments
3 hours to complete
11 videos (Total 112 min), 5 readings, 1 quiz
2 hours to complete
Indian Religious Approaches: Two Communities
2 hours to complete
12 videos (Total 74 min)
1 hour to complete
Environment in India: Concepts and Socio-Economic Conditions
1 hour to complete
8 videos (Total 57 min)
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- 5 stars76.92%
- 4 stars17.75%
- 3 stars2.95%
- 2 stars1.77%
- 1 star0.59%
TOP REVIEWS FROM ASIAN ENVIRONMENTAL HUMANITIES: LANDSCAPES IN TRANSITION
by JPAug 23, 2020
All sub topics were very well integrated together.
by NKOct 24, 2019
The course material is excellent, rich and intellectually stimulating. The videos and lectures are clear.
This course also provides learners with additional resources of great quality.
by CBMay 26, 2020
Thank you so much , very sensitive topics are discussed in this course,it was helpful.
by SAug 29, 2020
A very informative course with lots of varied dimensions to study and research.
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