Social Sciences and Humanities
Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Submitted by cmjones on April 24, 2007 - 10:08am.Name of Library of Museum:
Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Description:
The Museum of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley, was founded in 1901 by Phoebe Apperson Hearst who envisioned the museum as the cultural cornerstone of one of the world’s leading research institutions — a great educator of the people of California.
Today, the Hearst Museum serves the community through exhibitions, educational programs, and research opportunities that promote the understanding of the history and the diversity of human cultures.
Location:
102 Kroeber Hall
Pennies for Afghan peace
Submitted by cmjones on April 18, 2007 - 11:32am.Date Posted:
Apr 18 2007
Title of News:
Pennies for Afghan peace
Summary:
Said Tayeb Jawad, Afghanistan's ambassador to the United States, accepts cans of coins donated by UC Berkeley students for the rebuilding of his homeland from Kyleigh Kühn, a Berkeley peace and conflict studies major. Kühn is co-founder of the Pennies for Peace campaign, which has raised more than $150,000 to replace minefields with agricultural lands. Jawad was on campus Tuesday to deliver a talk on "Winning the Peace" in war-torn Afghanistan.
Source:
UCB News Center
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An intellectual-property primer
Submitted by cmjones on April 17, 2007 - 11:38am.Date Posted:
Apr 12 2007
Title of News:
An intellectual-property primer
Summary:
Carol Mimura, of the campus's Office of Intellectual Property and Industry Research Alliances, helps explain the role of IP in transferring technology to benefit society.
Source:
UCB News Center
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Castells, Emanuel
Submitted by cmjones on March 16, 2007 - 12:44pm.Name of Person:
Emanuel Castells
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Department:
Sociology, Professor Emeritus
Research Interests:
Manuel Castells' current research focuses on the social and economic implications of Internet. He is also currently interested in the debate on new development strategies appropriate for the Information Age.
Achievements:
Manuel Castells was one of the intellectual founders of what came to be known as the New Urban Sociology. His main publications in this field are The City and the Grassroots, a comparative study of urban social movements and community organizations based on his field work in France, Spain, Latin America, and California, that received the C.Wright Mills Award in 1983, and The Informational City (Blackwell, 1989), an analysis of the urban and regional changes brought about by information technology and economic restructuring in the United States. In 1983 Castells undertook the study of economic and social transformations associated with the information technology revolution. The results of this work were published in his trilogy The Information Age: Economy, Society, and Culture (Blackwell): 1st volume, The Rise of the Network Society (1996, revised edition 2000); 2nd volume, The Power of Identity (1997); 3rd volume, End of Millennium (1998, revised edition 2000). The trilogy is translated into Spanish, French, Swedish, Chinese, Portuguese, Russian, Korean, Japanese, Croatian, Bulgarian, Turkish, and German. In 1998, Manuel Castells received the Robert and Helen Lynd Award from the American Sociological Association for his lifelong contribution in the field of community and urban sociology.
Nature and Culture: Social Theory, Social Practice, and the Environment
Submitted by cmjones on March 13, 2007 - 1:27pm.Department:
GEOG
Course Number:
203
Course Title:
Nature and Culture: Social Theory, Social Practice, and the Environment
Instructor:
Sayre
Description:
The relationship between
societies and natural environments lies at the heart of geographical inquiry and has gained
urgency as the rate and scale of human transformation of nature have grown,
often outstripping our understanding of causes and effects. The physical side
of environmental
science has received most of the emphasis in university research, but the
social basis of environmental change must be studied as well. Recent developments in
social theory have much to offer environmental studies, while the latter has, in turn, exploded many
formerly safe assumptions about how and what the social sciences and
humanities ought to be preoccupied with. This seminar allows students to
explore some classics in environmental thought as well as recent contributions that put the field
on the forefront of social knowledge today.
Units:
4
Course Type:
Graduate
Science, Technology, and the Politics of Nature
Submitted by cmjones on March 13, 2007 - 1:15pm.Department:
ESPM
Course Number:
256
Course Title:
Science, Technology, and the Politics of Nature
Instructor:
Winickoff
Description:
This course will introduce the
methods and theories of Science and Technology Studies (STS) in order to
explore the relationships among science, technology, law, and politics in the
domains of environment and
health. The course will focus some attention on the tension between
technocracy and democracy in science policy, and on the role of biotechnology
in reshaping the natural and political order. The course will equip graduate
students in the social sciences, law, life sciences, and public policy with
theoretical and practical tools for analyzing complex problems at the
science, technology, and society interface.
Units:
3
Offered:
Spring
Course Type:
Graduate
Advanced Readings in Political Ecology
Submitted by cmjones on March 13, 2007 - 1:10pm.Department:
ESPM
Course Number:
253
Course Title:
Advanced Readings in Political Ecology
Instructor:
Peluso
Description:
Critique and comparison of
literature in political ecology--an approach to sociological analysis of environmental change focusing on environmental conflict. Initial
sessions address the definition of political ecology, its origins, and the
politics and discourses of natural resource management. Literature includes
domestic and international research involving the combination of social and environmental history, local
perspectives, and political economy to discuss accounts of social and environmental change.
Units:
4
Offered:
Spring
Course Type:
Graduate
International Conservation and Development Policy
Submitted by cmjones on March 13, 2007 - 1:08pm.Department:
ESPM
Course Number:
251
Course Title:
International Conservation and Development Policy
Instructor:
Carr
Description:
Changes in Third World rural
economy, ecology, and environment and ways in which these are affected by development policies.
Historical dimensions of Third World environmental problems. Changing patterns of rural production (especially
food) and resource use; alternative theories of natural resource and
socioeconomic development; linkages between socioeconomy and environment in agrarian change and
development policy; technology and resource control; conservation and
development problems
Units:
3
Offered:
Spring
Course Type:
Graduate
Environmental Classics
Submitted by cmjones on March 13, 2007 - 12:54pm.Department:
ENE, RES
Course Number:
270
Course Title:
Environmental Classics
Instructor:
Kammen, Ray
Description:
Motivation: What is the history
and evolution of environmental
thinking and writing? How have certain "environmental classics" shaped the way in which we think about
nature, society, and development? This course will use a selection of
20th-century books and papers that have had a major impact on academic and
wider public thinking about the environment and development to probe these issues. The selection includes
works and commentaries related to these works that have influenced environmental politics and policy
in the U.S. as well as in the developing world. Through the classics and
their critiques, reviews, and commentaries, the class will explore the
evolution of thought on these transforming ideas.
Units:
3
Offered:
Fall
Course Type:
Graduate
Introduction to Environmental Studies
Submitted by cmjones on March 12, 2007 - 2:29pm.Department:
UGIS
Course Number:
C12
Course Title:
Introduction to Environmental Studies
Instructor:
Sposito
Description:
This innovative course taught by
a scientist and a humanities professor surveys current global environmental issues; introduces
students to the basic intellectual tools of environmental science; investigates ways the human relationship to nature
has been imagined in literary and philosophical traditions; and examines how
tools of scientific and literary analysis, scientific method, and imaginative
thinking can clarify what is at stake in environmental issues and environmental citizenship
Units:
4
Course Type:
Undergraduate
