Environmental Humanities
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The master’s degree explores the role humanities are called to play in times of environmental crisis, generating socio-ecological awareness and inspiring sustainability transformations. It embraces the emergent paradigm of Environmental Humanities, aimed at sustaining cultural and ethical change to protect and nourish life on our planet. The programme is based on a careful analysis of interactions between cultural, social, and natural systems at local and global level. It is informed by a multidisciplinary approach, bridging the gap between the natural sciences, social sciences, and a variety of fields across the humanities. The course nurtures the skills of future practitioners in the fields of culture, education, arts, science, and policy making, to make them capable of envisioning together a sustainable and just future for the biosphere, inclusive of humans and more-than-human entities. To fulfil this mission in an era characterised by complex multi-ethnic societies and climate-induced migrations, the course tackles environmental issues from a global history and intercultural perspective. Teachings embed cultural and social sensitivity as a tool to comprehend and regenerate the relationship between humans and natural environments. This entails also the exploration of traditional knowledge and practices that contribute to nature conservation across the globe.Being located in Venice, Ca’ Foscari University is a special place for students and researchers of environmental humanities. A historic crossroads of civilisations, today’s Venice is at the forefront of the climate crisis, while its socio-ecological balance is threatened by global tourism. This combination makes of Venice a place vibrant with critical reflections and novel creative responses to the environmental challenges of our times. These endeavours unfold on different scales: locally, they relate to the on-going quest to preserve and regenerate the unique ecosystem of the Venetian lagoon, shaped by centuries of human-nature interaction. At the same time, the city is an echo chamber for the cultural, artistic, and scientific debate unfolding internationally on the Anthropocene. The course will also provide students with the possibility to experience first-hand the lagoon’s socio-ecological challenges and to engage with world-level intellectuals, artists, practitioners, and leaders who care and work for the wellbeing of the planet and its peoples.
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Venice
Veneto
30123
Italy
- 2 years
- Full Time
- On Campus Learning
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