Course: Consumption and Sustainability 2

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Course title Consumption and Sustainability 2
Course code KKTS/MD4SU
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Dvořáčková Markéta, Mgr.
Course content
unspecified

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
learning outcomes
Knowledge
- understand the key concepts applied in the sociology of consumption - identify the links between consumption, identity and taste - identify the processes that link consumer culture to contemporary environmental issues - understand the concepts of the Anthropocene, climate change, explain the concepts of sustainability and non-growth - articulates relevant issues and challenges in relation to the field of study
- understand the key concepts applied in the sociology of consumption - identify the links between consumption, identity and taste - identify the processes that link consumer culture to contemporary environmental issues - understand the concepts of the Anthropocene, climate change, explain the concepts of sustainability and non-growth - articulates relevant issues and challenges in relation to the field of study
Skills
Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to - introduce the concept of the Anthropocene
Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to - introduce the concept of the Anthropocene
- critically read and analyze an assigned problem
- critically read and analyze an assigned problem
- develop a research project, research problems and research questions related to consumption and sustainability issues within the field of study
- develop a research project, research problems and research questions related to consumption and sustainability issues within the field of study
- formulate and argue their thesis in an inspirational forum
- formulate and argue their thesis in an inspirational forum
Recommended literature
  • Featherstone, Mike. Consumer culture and postmodernism. 2nd ed. Los Angeles : SAGE Publications, 2007. ISBN 978-1-4129-1014-9.
  • PACHMANOVÁ, Martina, ed. Mít a být: sběratelství jako kumulace, recyklace a obsese.. Praha: Vysoká škola uměleckoprůmyslová, 2008. ISBN 978-80-86863-25-2.
  • Petr Pokorný, David Storch a kolektiv. Antropocén. Praha: Academia, 2020. ISBN 978-80-200-3129-7.
  • Přílučík, David, Remešová, Anna. Umění antropocénu. 2020.
  • Trentmann, Frank. Empire of things: how we became a world of consumers, from the fifteenth century to the twenty-first. London, 2017. ISBN 978-0-14-102874-3.
  • ZAHRÁDKA, Pavel. Spotřební kultura: historie, teorie a výzkum. Praha: Academia, 2014. ISBN 978-80-200-2372-8.
  • Zálešák, Jan (ed.). Artalk Revue: Těžba. 2018.


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