Interdisciplinary DDE Praxismodul 2018 – Climate Change in Switzerland
Instructors
Dr Joëlle Bitton
Dr Antonio Scarponi
Clemens Winkler
Timeframe
The module takes place over 4 weeks, from 26.03.18 to 20.04.18, from Tuesday to Friday, 9.30-17.00 - see timetable below for detailed hours and classrooms. Class sessions include discussions, mentoring sessions, in-class exercises, assignments and independent study blocks.
**Projects are conducted individually or in a team of three students at most** Check
Overview and Objectives: Habitat & Climate Change
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threats
The Latin word "habére" highlights and addresses multiple powerful meanings that refer today, to the relationship with our environment.
It means, in fact, to "have", to "hold", to "own", or to "possess". It is the etymological root of many words of today's languages. The word "abito" in Italian for instance, stands for the noun "dress" but also for the verb "abitare," to "dwell" or to "inhabit," in English. In Italian, it also stands for "abitudine," or "habit," in the sense of "having good or bad habits" exactly like in the English sense. But most important, it is also the etymological root of the word "habitat", defining in a more holistic way, our environment and the specific set of conditions in which a species lives.
All these multiple meanings reflect an attitude that humans have towards the environment. On the one hand, they stand for something that we "have" or "hold", "own" or "possess", like in the sense of a habit, of a dress, or a home, items with a very strong symbolic but also functional meaning. On the other hand, they stand for something in which we are held within, like a habitat. In other words, it describes an attitude that we keep in reaction to an external condition, but at the same time, it is the outer condition in itself.
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