Anthropocene: the contemporary world in transdisciplinary perspective

Charles University

Dates of the course

Application submission:
17. 3. 2024 – 30. 4. 2024
Start:
01.05.2024
End:
31.01.2025
Course fee:
5000.00 CZK

Overview:

Charles University

Centrum pro teoretická studia

Field of study:
Interdisciplinary programmes involving broad field 01
Number of credits:
8
Course length:
202 hours
Assessment type:
Examination
Teaching language:
Czech

Course description:

In the Anthropocene era, scientists are beginning to study the world afresh: the traditional distinctions between natural and social sciences, and between academic and non-academic forms of knowledge no longer provide an adequate framework for interpreting the present. Anthropocene phenomena are complex, dynamically changing and often counterintuitively interconnected - if we want to understand the world we live in, it is crucial to be able to look at it from different disciplinary perspectives.
In the microcertificate module, you will learn how to effectively study and interpret the contemporary world in interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary ways: you will learn how to go beyond your own expertise, communicate across disciplines, and better respond to the complex - ecological, social, and identity - challenges of the present.
The course combines distance learning with an intensive week-long on-site summer school.

Course content:

An intensive week-long on-site internship (seminars IN ENGLISH AND CZECH, field trips, lab work, short lectures, work on an ongoing project) combined with distance online preparation and subsequent mentoring leading to the development of a final thesis. All phases under the guidance of top experts in the disciplines (paleoecology, ecology, sociology, philosophy, history, economics, anthropology, computer science; about 10 teachers in each run).

3 phases:
1. Introductory online block: online lectures, assignment of independent reading, assignment of independent reading, online tutorials if needed. 3 group meetings, May-June 2025.
2. Intensive week-long programme in Prague: lectures, seminars, field trips, workshops during the summer school. 1 week, 8-12 September 2025.
3. Final online block: online lectures, advanced work and finalisation of final group work/project, online mentoring (ongoing individual and group consultations). 3 group meetings, 3 working group meetings with mentors, October-November 2025.

Presentation of final group work: January 2026.

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