Environmental Issues in Africa. Visible and Less Visible Challenges
Umweltbelange in Afrika. Sichtbare und weniger sichtbare Herausforderungen
6 CPirregularlyENno longer offered
Contents
• Introduction into environmental history; environment in pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial Africa • Mobility in Africa. Environment as push – and pull factors (‚voluntary‘ and ‚non-voluntary‘ migrations); refugees; urbanization/megacities • Anthropogenic environmental problems and attempts to solve them (waste disposal; waste exports/imports; contamination; soil degradation) • Oil in Africa: blessing or curse ? (Examples from various countries) • Challenges of the West African coasts • Climate Change and Africa Optional: Gwynne Dyer, Schlachtfeld Erde. Klimakriege im 21. Jahrhundert. (Summarizing and commenting) • Natural parks: from foreign hunters‘ paradise to ecological nature reserves • Special subjects: ‚chickens of death‘ (imported meat products); land grabbing – the new colonization? • Search for historical and environmental identity: museums in Africa • African Responses and initiatives – consequences of an unbalanced world economic order
Learning outcomes
Environment – not only a technical topic. Understanding of social, ethical and political connections in so-called development countries; facilitating decision making (for future work and research); introduction to basic facts, ideas and problems of Africa
Assessment
Prerequisite: • one essay (8-12 pages) or • one presentation (15 minutes) or • one lecture minutes (2-3 pages) Final module examination: • written examination, 180 min. The form of the prerequesite will be announced in the first lesson.
Literature (6)
- Slides (via beamer)
- Films
- Presentations
- Lectures (inputs)
- Selected books, articles etc.
- Role plays
Remarks
Complementary module ERM Bachelor in summer semester 2017 Module with limited number of participants - Registration two weeks prior to the commencement of lectures!
Source: BTU's module description · retrieved 14 Oct 2026Original