Johanna Jacobi: Catalogue data in Autumn Semester 2024 |
| Name | Prof. Dr. Johanna Jacobi |
| Field | Agroecological Transitions |
| Address | Agrarökologische Transitionen ETH Zürich, LFH B 8.2 Universitätstrasse 2 8092 Zürich SWITZERLAND |
| Telephone | +41 44 632 47 53 |
| johanna.jacobi@usys.ethz.ch | |
| URL | https://agroecological-transitions.ethz.ch/ |
| Department | Environmental Systems Science |
| Relationship | Assistant Professor |
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| 551-0205-00L | Challenges in Plant Sciences  Number of participants limited to 40. | 2 credits | 2K | M. Paschke, K. Bomblies, S. Dötterl, J. Hille Ris Lambers, J. Jacobi, J. Six, S. C. Zeeman, further lecturers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abstract | The colloquium “Challenges in Plant Sciences” is a core class of the Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center's PhD program. The colloquium introduces participants to the broad spectrum of plant sciences within the network. The course offers the opportunity to approach interdisciplinary topics in the field of plant sciences. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Learning objective | Objectives of the colloquium are: Introduction to resecent research in all fields of plant sciences Working in interdisciplinary teams on the topics Developing presentation and discussion skills | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Content | The topics encompass integrated knowledge on current plant research, ranging from the molecular level to the ecosystem level, and from basic to applied science while making use of the synergies between the different research groups within the PSC. More information on the content: https://www.plantsciences.uzh.ch/en/teaching/masters/colloquium.html | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 751-2105-00L | Political Ecology of Food and Agriculture  Number of participants limited to 25. All students wo register will be on the waiting list. A motivational application is required until 6 September: - presenting yourself and your studies - stating what topic in the field of Political Ecology that you are interested in - suggesting one paper to enrich the literature list for the course The selected students will be notified until 9 September. Questions regarding the application to johanna.jacobi@usys.ethz.ch. | 3 credits | 2G | J. Jacobi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abstract | In this seminar, students are introduced to the multi-disciplinary field of political ecology to investigate human-environment relationships in food and agricultural systems. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Learning objective | - Being able to provide an overview of the multi-disciplinary field of political ecology for investigating the relationships of humans to our environment - Learn to identify how power and interest influence social-ecological systems and to distinguish symptoms from systemic root causes - Become enabled to analyse complex and sometimes distant human-ecology relationships choosing from a broad range of methods | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Content | We will review common narratives in agri-food systems informed by a range of different theories and assisted by different analytical tools. For this purpose, we will start from different concepts of nature, power and interests, explore different ontologies and epistemologies through a set of topics such as hunger, obesity, agrobiodiversity and seeds, forests and deforestation, climate change and food production. Students will explain one concept in each course to the groups and practice their argumentative and writing skills in a final essay, applying the acquired tools to a topic of their choice. While specific inputs from external lecturers broaden our perspective, enough time for critical discussion and reflection will be granted. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lecture notes | 20.9.2024 Introduction to political ecology 27.9.2024 Ontologies and epistemologies 4.10.2024 Climate justice and food systems 11.10.2024 Green revolution, industrial agriculture, and agroecology 18.10.2024 Conservation: Protecting what from what? 25.10.2024 Don't blame the rain: Water management in agriculture 1.11.2024 Deforestation: Root causes and alternatives 8.11.2024 Pandemics, syndemics and the food system 15.11.2024 Technology and the politics of knowledge 22.1.2024 Land-sharing, land-sparing 29.11.2024 Feminist (political) agroecology 6.12.2024 Food: Commons or commodity? 13.12.2024 Alternatives to sustainable development 20.12.2024 Final session (The Hunger Banquet) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literature | Literaturelist provided on Moodle when the course starts. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 751-2107-00L | Agrarian and Environmental Values: Tensions, Synergies, Practices and Policies Limited to 20 students. | 5 credits | 3G | M. Chapman, J. Jacobi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abstract | In politics, society, and science, it can seem that the values and practices of agricultural production and environmental protection are in conflict. This tension is often described as “protection versus use” of natural resources. We will explore ways to move beyond the apparent conflict. We will apply this learning to field trips and transdisciplinary projects. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Learning objective | Students are able to: - Define different kinds and categories of values. - Relate value concepts to their own studies, life, and experiences through reflective journaling. - Infer the underlying values in a text or policy about agri-environmental topics. - Collaboratively develop a transdisciplinary project for an agri-environmental case study from the field trips. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Content | The course consists of interactive seminars alongside fieldtrips to farms that have found innovative solutions to balancing protection and production. Seminars will cover topics such as the relationship between values and behavior and how people perceive value trade-offs. We will also discuss environmental ethics, environmental valuation and its critiques, the interplay of facts and values in agri-environmental decision-making, cultural ecosystem services, and relational values. This class requires active participation. Learning is based on in-class activities, group work and fieldtrips. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literature | Literature will draw from political ecology, value theory and environmental values, as well as case studies and primary texts, such as the following (not all will be required reading; we will read 1 or 2 papers or book chapters each week). Stern, Paul C. "New Environmental Theories: Toward a Coherent Theory of Environmentally Significant Behavior." Journal of Social Issues 56, no. 3 (January 2000): 407–24. https://doi.org/10.1111/0022-4537.00175. Klöckner, Christian A. "A Comprehensive Model of the Psychology of Environmental Behaviour—A Meta-Analysis." Global Environmental Change 23, no. 5 (October 1, 2013): 1028–38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2013.05.014. Martinez-Alier, Joan. "Languages of Valuation." Economic and Political Weekly 43 (November 29, 2008): 28–32. Trainor, Sarah Fleisher. "Realms of Value: Conflicting Natural Resource Values and Incommensurability." Environmental Values 15, no. 1 (2006): 3–29. https://doi.org/10.3197/096327106776678951. Environmental Values, by O’Neill, Holland and Light, 2008 IPBES Values Assessment 2023 Smith, Kimberly. "Black Agrarianism and the Foundations of Black Environmental Thought." Edited by Eugene C. Hargrove. Environmental ethics 26, no. 3 (2004): 267–86. https://doi.org/10.5840/enviroethics200426316. Carlisle, Liz. "Critical Agrarianism." Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems 29, no. 02 (January 11, 2013): 135–45. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1742170512000427. Nesbitt, J. Todd, and Daniel Weiner. "Conflicting Environmental Imaginaries and the Politics of Nature in Central Appalachia." Geoforum 32, no. 3 (August 2001): 333–49. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0016-7185(00)00047-6. Horcea-Milcu, Andra-Ioana, David J. Abson, Cristina I. Apetrei, Ioana Alexandra Duse, Rebecca Freeth, Maraja Riechers, David P. M. Lam, Christian Dorninger, and Daniel J. Lang. "Values in Transformational Sustainability Science: Four Perspectives for Change." Sustainability Science 14, no. 5 (September 2019): 1425–37. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-019-00656-1. Berghöfer, Uta, Julian Rode, Kurt Jax, Johannes Förster, Augustin Berghöfer, and Heidi Wittmer. "‘Societal Relationships with Nature’: A Framework for Understanding Nature‐related Conflicts and Multiple Values." People and Nature 4, no. 2 (April 2022): 534–48. https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10305. Chan, Kai M. A., Patricia Balvanera, Karina Benessaiah, Mollie Chapman, Sandra Díaz, Erik Gómez-Baggethun, Rachelle K. Gould, et al. "Opinion: Why Protect Nature? Rethinking Values and the Environment." Proc Natl Acad Sci 113, no. 6 (February 9, 2016): 1462–65. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1525002113. Moroder, Alma Maria, and Maria Lee Kernecker. "Grassland Farmers’ Relationship with Biodiversity: A Case Study from the Northern Italian Alps." Ecosystems and People 18, no. 1 (December 31, 2022): 484–97. https://doi.org/10.1080/26395916.2022.2107080. Arias-Arévalo, Paola, Elena Lazos-Chavero, Ana S Monroy-Sais, Sara H Nelson, Agnieszka Pawlowska-Mainville, Arild Vatn, Mariana Cantú-Fernández, Ranjini Murali, Barbara Muraca, and Unai Pascual. "The Role of Power in Leveraging the Diverse Values of Nature for Transformative Change." Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 64 (October 2023): 101352. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2023.101352. Burton, Rob J. F., and Upananda Herath Paragahawewa. "Creating Culturally Sustainable Agri-Environmental Schemes." Journal of Rural Studies 27, no. 1 (2011): 95–104. Nassauer, Joan Iverson. "Messy Ecosystems, Orderly Frames." Landscape Journal 14, no. 2 (1995): 161–70. https://doi.org/10.3368/lj.14.2.161. Schneider, Flurina, Thomas Ledermann, Patricia Fry, and Stephan Rist. "Soil Conservation in Swiss Agriculture—Approaching Abstract and Symbolic Meanings in Farmers’ Life-Worlds." Land Use Policy 27, no. 2 (2010): 332–39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2009.04.007. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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