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Kursusnavn (dansk):Green Society (1. del af specialisering) 
Kursusnavn (engelsk):Green Society (1. del af specialisering) 
Semester:Forår 2014 
Udbydes under:cand.it., digital design og kommunikation (ddk) 
Omfang i ECTS:7,50 
Kursussprog:Engelsk 
Kursushjemmeside:https://learnit.itu.dk 
Min. antal deltagere:12 
Forventet antal deltagere:20 
Maks. antal deltagere:25 
Formelle forudsætninger:There are no formal prerequisites for being admitted to the course.

This course is the first part of the specialisation in Green Society and Technology.
 
Læringsmål:After the course the student should be able to:

* Characterize relevant analytical approaches to the relationship between society, technology, and the environment.

* Explain the strengths and weaknesses of different analytical approaches to the relationship between society, technology, and the environment.

* Apply concepts and analytical tools from the course syllabus (including tools from Science and Technology Studies, and Anthropology) to the intersection of society, technology and the environment.

* Conduct a group case study project that identifies and analyses problems and possibilities for design in the intersection of society, technology, and the environment.

* Specify and discuss challenges and opportunities relating to the use of design and information technologies at the intersection of society, technology, and the environment.

* Develop ideas and analytic frameworks for working creatively and imaginatively at the intersection of society, technology, and the environment. 
Fagligt indhold:Specialisation 'Green Society & Technology' (Part 1)

We live in a social and technical world that is inseparable from nature and the environment. Society and technology both effect, and are effected by, climate change, low carbon legislation, renewable energy targets, global manufacturing, and the demands and dreams for environmental sustainability.

This course is part of the specialisation in 'Green Society & Technology', which is focused on the complex relationship between environment, green society and technology. The specialisation will provide students with an understanding of how energy systems also include the environment, organizations, and technologies. For example, energy systems rely on not just infrastructures but also NGOs who are concerned with their global impact. Energy systems also include hardware and software, from intelligent smart grids to green apps on a smartphone, all of which are parts of both the technical system and a green society.

Course 'Green Society' Introduction
This course will provide an analytic 'toolkit' to explore ways in which Society, Technology, and the Environment are inseparable, and how we might design green futures differently.

The 'toolkit' we will develop re-thinks where design begins and ends. Rather than starting from a technological object such as a computer, we will consider the biography of technological objects, from their conceptual design, through to their manufacture, ongoing use, and then disposal. Embedded in this biography are issues of a green society, from Danish energy policy, to European Union e-Waste legislation, to low-carbon energy production, to our preconceptions of what counts as the natural environment.

Research-Led
This course is linked to ongoing leading research at the IT University on social studies of technology and the environment (see the Energy Futures research cluster). The course draws on ideas in Science & Technology Studies (STS), Design Anthropology, Anthropology of Technology, and Sociology of the Environment. It will be supported by guest lecturers, from other universities and industry, who are actively working in this field.

Content
The course is structured around seminar discussions and workshops, which will explore and engage with a new ‘tool’ each week. The analytic tools are organized around the following themes:

Green Knowledges: How do we construct knowledge about green society and the environment? What controversies and debates over the ‘knowing’ of nature might we engage with?

Designing Environments: How to design society, technology, and the environment together? How do different places affect the way we design technology?

Representing Nature: How are ‘nature’ and ‘green technology’ represented in texts and in the media? How does that affect the way we conceptualise green technology and green society?

Environmental Times: What is the effect of time on environmental issues? What are the time spans we are considering (e.g. geological versus human lifetime)? How does that inform the way we design for future green societies?

Sea Worlds: What is the role of water and the sea in the green society (e.g. from oil in the arctic to super-sized container ships)?

Environmental Societies: How are different groups of people around the world making different green societies? How is a green society and green technology being made in Denmark and elsewhere? 
Læringsaktiviteter:

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Obligatoriske aktivititer:There are 2 mandatory activities that must be completed in order to be entered for the exam:
- Students must submit an outline of their case study project mid-way through the course.
- Students are required to run a research seminar (including oral presentation) in order to be eligible for the final exam. 
Eksamensform og -beskrivelse:X. experimental examination form (7-scale; external exam), 7-trins-skala, Ekstern censur

Student groups will collaborate on a case study of an issue relevant to the course (e.g. around green society, green energy, climate change). Student groups will choose their own case study, and will be encouraged to find topics and controversies of particular interest to them.

Students will then write an individual report comprising a well-argued analysis of this case study using the analytic tools from the course. They will be examined on this individual written report.  

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Afholdelse (tid og sted)
Kurset afholdes på følgende tid og sted:
UgedagTidspunktForelæsning/ØvelserStedLokale
Mandag 14.00-15.50 Øvelser ITU 4A54
Mandag 16.00-17.50 Forelæsning ITU 4A54

Eksamen afholdes på følgende tid og sted:
EksamensdatoTidspunktEksamenstypeStedLokale
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