| CODE | ANT3038 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Ecology and Culture in the Mediterranean | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Anthropological Sciences | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit is particularly designed for students of Anthropology, Geography, and Contemporary Mediterranean Studies. It lays stress on the human, cultural construction of the physical environment and of environmental problems, in the historical evolution of the space bordering the Mediterranean Sea. It will explore how micro-ecologies, social networks, and cultural values are inter-connected. Lectures are interspersed with class presentations by the students. Reading List - P. Horden, N. Purcell, (2000), The Corrupting Sea, Oxford: Blackwell. - E. Croll, D. Parkin (eds), (2002) Bush Base: Forest Farm, London: Routledge. - D. Theodossopoulos, Troubles with Turtles: Cultural Understandings of the Environment in a Greek Island, Oxford. - Berg; J. Boissevain, (2001) `Contesting Maltese Landscapes` in Journal of Mediterranean Studies, Vol. 11 No. 2. *N.B. When parts of the study-unit, with the express permission of the lecturers, are taken on their own by students whose area of study is not Anthropology, Geography, or CMS, they shall be registered as follows (ANT3138 or ANT3238). |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | |||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Maria Attard Paul M. Clough John A. Schembri |
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