Course: Anthropocene

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Course title Anthropocene
Course code MRS/GUANT
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory, Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Opršal Zdeněk, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Daněk Tomáš, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Sedláček Jan, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Slovák Ľuboš, Mgr. et Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
unspecified

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam

Recommended literature
  • Baskin, J. (2015). Paradigm Dressed as Epoch: The Ideology of the Anthropocene.
  • Bińczyk, E. (2019). The most unique discussion of the 21st century? The debate on the Anthropocene pictured in seven points.
  • Bonneuil, C. (2015). The Geological Turn: Narratives of the Anthropocene. In C. Hamilton, C. Bonneuil, & F. Gemenne (Eds.). The Anthropocene and the Global Environmental Crisis, pp. 17?31. Routledge, London.
  • Daněk, T. & Slovák, Ľ. (2022). Antropocén jako globální změna pohledu. In Michal V. Marek. Klimatická změna - příčiny, dopady a adaptace. Praha.
  • Hamilton, C., Bonneuil, C., & Gemenne, F. (2015). Thinking the Anthropocene. In: The anthropocene and the global environmental crisis: Rethinking modernity in a new epoch.
  • Pokorný, P., Storch, D. (eds.). (2020). Antropocén. Praha.
  • Steffen et al. (2011). The Anthropocene: From Global Change to Planetary Stewardship. Ambio, 40(7), 739?761.
  • Steffen et al. (2015). The trajectory of the Anthropocene: The Great Acceleration. The Anthropocene Review 2(1).
  • Waters, CN., Zalasiewicz, J. A., Williams, M., Ellis, MA., Snelling, AM. (eds.). (2014). A Stratigraphical Basis for the Anthropocene. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 395.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Global Sustainable Development - specialization in Transition to Sustainability (2026) Category: Geography courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Global Sustainable Development - specialization in International Development (2026) Category: Geography courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter