Responsibility in Environment and Health: Social and Cultural Perspectives on Environment, Health, Science, and Technology

What it is about

You engage with social and cultural perspectives on food, health and technical innovations. You learn who bears responsibility for nutrition and health (individual, family, state, market, medicine) and how scientific knowledge and technologies influence perceptions of “healthy”. In the end you will be able to apply concepts from STS, sociology and anthropology to analyse controversies and regulations around food and health.

What you will be able to do

• Apply important concepts from STS, sociology and anthropology
• Analyze connections between food, health and responsibility
• Understand the influence of regulatory systems on health definitions
• Critically situate techno-scientific innovations
• Conduct interdisciplinary literature research and write a final paper

What the module consists of

• SeminarPresentation of topics by instructors and intensive discussions
• WorkshopsPractical exercises and peer work to apply the content

Teaching method

• Input by multiple instructorsConveying various thematic perspectives
• Close Reading and discussionsDeepening the weekly texts and reflection on central arguments
• Practical exercises/mini-workshopsApplying what was learned to case studies and positioning
• Presentations and feedbackPromotion of transfer and presentation skills