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SANT2023 - Anthropology of Organisations and Sustainability

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Examination arrangement

Examination arrangement: Portfolio assessment and written examination
Grade: Letter grades

Evaluation Weighting Duration Grade deviation Examination aids
Portfolio assessment 40/100
School exam 60/100 4 hours E

Course content

How shall we understand sustainability, a new concern for protecting the planet, within the context of the modern business and governmental organization that has operated over the past several centuries with only sparse reference to safeguarding the earth? With the contemporary environmental crisis as our backdrop, we will examine critical appraisals of options for studying new interactions between business, organisations and a sustainable environment. In this course you will learn to recognize how ecological concerns are articulated and perceived in different national and cultural contexts from an anthropological perspective.

Learning outcome

Upon completion of the course, you will:

  • obtain an understanding of definitions of sustainability, organisations, and environmental risk as anthropological concepts
  • obtain an understanding of practices by government and business organisations in creating an ecological footprint in different scales and historical times
  • learn how ethnography can contribute to an understanding of the cultures of work and business within an era of sustainability
  • learn to identify the strengths and weaknesses of various actions for sustainability in different organisational settings
  • acquire an ability to communicate effectively about the meanings of sustainability and organisations in your life

Learning methods and activities

Combination of lectures, seminar discussion and projects.

Please note that mandatory activities and lectures may start prior to the registration deadline.

Mandatory activity

The mandatory activity in this course is project participation. You'll find more information in Blackboard at the beginning of the semester. The mandatory activity will be assessed as approved or not approved, and must be approved in order to be qualified for the exam.

Compulsory assignments

  • Project participation

Further on evaluation

The examination consists of a portfolio exam that counts 40 percent of the grade, and a written exam of 4 hours that counts 60 percent of the grade. You write the portfolio and exam paper in English, Norwegian or another Scandinavian language.

Retake exam

It is possible to retake the exam. The school exam is offered both semesters, but it is only possible to submit the portfolio the semester the course is taught.

The mandatory assignments can only be taken in the semester the course is taught, so in order to retake the exam at a different semester, your assignments must be approved.

Course materials

The reading list will be available at the beginning of the semester.

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Facts

Version: 1
Credits:  15.0 SP
Study level: Intermediate course, level II

Coursework

Term no.: 1
Teaching semester:  AUTUMN 2023

Language of instruction: English

Location: Trondheim

Subject area(s)
  • Social Sciences
  • Social Anthropology
Contact information
Course coordinator:

Department with academic responsibility
Department of Social Anthropology

Examination

Examination arrangement: Portfolio assessment and written examination

Term Status code Evaluation Weighting Examination aids Date Time Examination system Room *
Autumn ORD Portfolio assessment 40/100

Release
2023-10-01

Submission
2023-11-01


12:00


15:00

INSPERA
Room Building Number of candidates
Autumn ORD School exam 60/100 E 2023-11-27 15:00 INSPERA
Room Building Number of candidates
SL311 brun sone Sluppenvegen 14 19
SL520 Sluppenvegen 14 1
Spring ORD School exam 60/100 E 2024-06-05 15:00 INSPERA
Room Building Number of candidates
SL111+SL210 Sluppenvegen 14 1
  • * The location (room) for a written examination is published 3 days before examination date. If more than one room is listed, you will find your room at Studentweb.
Examination

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