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Apr 06, 2025
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SOC189H PO - Africa, the Environment, and the Global EconomyWhen Offered: Each fall.
Instructor(s): S. Stefanos
Credit: 1
Drawing on sociology and related disciplines, this course explores how Africa and issues related to the environment can be understood in the global economy. We will use scholarship, media, and case studies from across the African continent and world to explore topics such as: environment and health; the built environment and cities; energy; extractive industries; commodity chains; food systems and agriculture; soil and land; waste management; environmental degradation; capitalism and environmental violence; post-humanism, indigeneity, and resource use; transnational environmental governance; conservation; climate change and climate (in)justice; environmental imagery, imagination, and political economy; and environmental futures. In so doing, we ask: in a globalized world, how do gender, race, ethnicity, class, and colonialist legacies influence the questions raised and the solutions offered in response to African environmental issues? Letter grade only.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 2
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