Thematic course: Towards Green Transition in Africa?
Course content
If economic growth, poverty reduction and industrial development are top priorities for most African countries, why should local communities, NGO's, policy makers in African government and donor countries worry about governing natural resources and in particularly development towards green transition in Africa? The answer is simple: natural resources provide soil to grow food, and water for drinking, irrigation etc. Forests and rivers provide food to eat or export and raw materials for a wide range of industries. In many African countries, natural landscapes and wildlife reserves are major factors in attracting tourism. Development towards green transition is about governing natural resources thereby safeguarding food, livelihoods, export opportunities, recreation etc.
The primary objectives of this course are as follows:
(1) Debating issues in green transition in Africa with focus on governance of natural resources at and between local, national, and international levels;
(2) Develop understanding of key concepts including theories related to governing natural resources towards a green transition in Africa;
(3) Discuss specific cases from Africa related to green transition with focus on utilization and/or conservation of Africa's natural resources.
Key elements in this course will be:
- Critically discuss actors in Africa's development and the role they are playing in green transition by governing natural resources in Africa.
- Issues related to green transition linked to discussion about scarcity and abundance.
- Debating conservation in Africa – related to the role of state, marked and civil society.
- Discuss impact and coping strategies related to climate change in Africa.
MA programme in African Studies
The aim is for the student to acquire the following qualifications:
- Ability to select a relevant sub-topic within the overall focus area of green transition in Africa. The sub-topic should be geared towards specific conditions related to Africa.
- Ability to independently and critically select relevant literature on the sub-topic related to governance of natural resources
- Ability to independently and critically analyse the sub-topic in question and to place it within the overall context of green transition.
2 x 2 for 7 weeks second half of the semester. Active student participation expected.
Passed a minimum of 120 ECTS on BA-level
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- ECTS
- 7,5 ECTS
- Type of assessment
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Written assignment
- Type of assessment details
- 7.5 ECTS: A written paper on a topic of the student’s own
choosing comprising 24,000-28,800 characters.
Students can participate in and register for group examination in thematic courses without having a dispensation and approval from the study board. The students must register the group at the exam office. A group can consist of a maximum of three students.
For written group exams the requirements for the combined reading list and the length of the paper is the same as when writing individually, i.e. the length is multiplied by the number of students in the group. The authors of the individual sections must be clearly identified in the exam paper. For all group exams students will be given individual grades.
All three exam attempts for a given thematic course have to be conducted within a year following the conclusion of the course. - Marking scale
- 7-point grading scale
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- Exam period
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Single subject courses (day)
- Category
- Hours
- Class Instruction
- 28
- Preparation
- 122
- Exam
- 60
- English
- 210
Kursusinformation
- Language
- English
- Course number
- TAFATGT75U
- ECTS
- 7,5 ECTS
- Programme level
- Full Degree Master
BachelorBachelor choiceFull Degree Master choicePart Time Master
- Duration
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7 weeks, 2 half of the semester
- Placement
- Spring
- Schedulegroup
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First lesson is in week 13
- Studyboard
- Study board of African Studies
Contracting department
- African Studies
Contracting faculty
- Faculty of Theology
Course Coordinator
- Stig Eduard Breitenstein Jensen (3-8384795084757f7c3e7b853e747b)
Teacher
Stig Eduard Breitenstein Jensen
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