MA Ecology, Culture & Society
Goldsmiths, University of London
Key Information
Campus location
London, United Kingdom
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
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Pace
Full time, Part time
Tuition fees
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Introduction
MA Ecology, Culture & Society
Runaway climate change, mass extinctions, radical ecological transformations. We are living through profoundly unsettling times, and face equally uncertain futures. The MA Ecology, Culture, & Society offers the opportunity to engage with the urgency of contemporary socio-ecological challenges and to imaginatively explore ways of inhabiting the Earth otherwise.
The MA will take a distinctivelyinterdisciplinary and critical perspective. It will highlight the concept of“ecology” in an expanded sense and encompass the complex web ofinterconnections that bind people, animals, bodies, soils, ideas,technologies, practices, institutions, cultures, and histories with theirchanging environments. Drawing on perspectives from the humanities and thesocial sciences, this programme explores the many shifting relationshipsbetween natures and cultures around the world. It introduces critical new approachesto the connections between humans and animals inmore-than-human worlds, and it will enable you to develop a criticalunderstanding of the ways in which ecological issues are intertwined with the question of social justice, cultural difference, and decolonisation.
You willbe encouraged to explore the philosophical, cultural, political, and socialdimensions thatshape our understanding of contemporary socio-ecological issuesand to explore imaginative responses to them. You will also learn to develop andapply ecological perspectives on various forms of social, political, andcultural analysis.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the university website for more information.
Curriculum
Compulsory modules
- Social Theory for Changing Climates
- The Ethics and Politics of Animals
- Cultural Ecologies
Option modules
- Practical Ecologies (Placement)
- Social Research for Public Engagement
- Politics and Difference
- Feminist Methods
- Postcolonial Theory
- Globalisation: Politics, Policy and Critique
- Cultural Studies and Capitalism
- The Political Economy of the Anthropocene
- Development for the 21st Century
- Decolonising Knowledge: Debates in Human Science
- Learning from Social Movements
- Critical Voices in Development
- The Contemporary American Novel in the Era of Climate Change
- The Ocean as Archive
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
This programme is ideal for anyone pursuing careers in policy research, NGOs, advocacy, charities, international organisations, cultural and political activism, global media, as well as for further academic work leading to a PhD. Students are encouraged to seek work experience and work placements during the programme (see the optional module “Practical Ecologies") as time allows. The MA also allows you to pursue further academic research in one or more of the areas covered on the programme.
English Language Requirements
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