People and Place in the Changing Arctic
one-way Exclusions
Lecture, private study
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Course Description
This course examines contemporary issues in the Arctic with an eye to environmental, economic, political, and social change. Students will use academic, popular, and filmic resources to examine subjects from human and physical geography, including climate change, Indigenous rights, international relations, food security, and industrial development. Students will gain in-depth understandings of the diversity of Arctic regions and develop skills to incorporate this critical thinking into their research, perspectives, and arguments.
Learning Outcomes
- Identify the different physiographic and political regions of the Arctic and the Indigenous Peoples who live there.
- Contextualize the historical relationship between Arctic Indigenous Peoples, Arctic nation-states, and contemporary events and issues.
- Analyze the main sources of social, political, and environmental change across Arctic regions and explain linkages between them.
- Specify the different state and non-state actors in the region and their respective interests in the Arctic.
- Explain the interrelationship between physical and human geographical changes as they relate to the Arctic.