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Being Alive: Humans in the Web of Life. Discussion of texts of biologists, philosophers, and anthropologists - CVOL0331

Title:	Being Alive: Humans in the Web of Life. Discussion of texts of biologists, philosophers, and anthropologists
Guaranteed by:	Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology 3FM CU (12-BIOC)
Faculty:	Third Faculty of Medicine
Actual:	from 2023 to 2023
Semester:	summer
Points:	3
E-Credits:	3
Examination process:	summer s.:
Hours per week, examination:	summer s.:0/30, C [HS]
Capacity:	unknown / unknown (16)
Min. number of students:	6
4EU+:	no
Virtual mobility / capacity:	no
Key competences:
State of the course:	taught
Language:	English
Teaching methods:	full-time
Teaching methods:	full-time
Level:
Note:	course can be enrolled in outside the study plan enabled for web enrollment

Guarantor:	doc. MUDr. Jan Trnka, Ph.D.
Comes under:	AVSEOB-VP-2 (ZÁPIS) AVSEOB-VP-3 (ZÁPIS) AVSEOB-VP-4 (ZÁPIS) AVSEOB-VP-5 (ZÁPIS) AVSEOB-VP-6 (ZÁPIS) AVSEOB1-VP-1 (ZÁPIS) AVSEOB1-VP-2 (ZÁPIS) AVSEOB1-VP-3 (ZÁPIS) VSEOB-VP-1 (ZÁPIS) VSEOB-VP-2 (ZÁPIS) VSEOB-VP-3 (ZÁPIS) VSEOB-VP-4 (ZÁPIS) VSEOB-VP-5 (ZÁPIS) VSEOB-VP-6 (ZÁPIS) VSEOB1-VP-1 (ZÁPIS) VSEOB1-VP-2 (ZÁPIS) VSEOB1-VP-3 (ZÁPIS)

Examination dates Schedule

Annotation -

Last update: Bc. Kateřina Maternová (14.04.2023)

This course aims to create a space for reflection on the human situation in the world, through discussion of texts drawing on geology, biology, philosophy and ethics, anthropology and indigenous studies. The authors of these texts provide their perspective on the world and open new horizons for their readers, without assuming expert knowledge in their areas. Their texts nevertheless challenge the common understanding of our world and therefore deserve our attention. Authors: Marcia Bjornerud, Lynn Margulis, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Deborah Bird Rose, Val Plumwood, Rachel Carson, Andrea Wulf, Nick Lane, Erazim Kohák, Emanuele Coccia, Dave Goulson, Eduardo Viveiros de Castro, James Suzman, Malcom Ferdinand, Amitav Ghosh, Tim Ingold, David Graeber, Jason Hickel, Gregg Mitman, Bruno Latour.

Course completion requirements -

Last update: Bc. Kateřina Maternová (14.04.2023)

active participation (discussion, presentation, 80% attendance), short essay

Syllabus -

Last update: Bc. Kateřina Maternová (14.04.2023)

1. Geological perspectives on deep time and life formation - Marcia Bjornerud

2. The role of symbiogenesis in the evolution and diversification of life - Lynn

Margulis

3. The molecular kinship of life - Nick Lane, Rachel Carson

4. The metamorphoses of life in the perspective of biology - Emanuele Coccia

5. Belonging and interconnectedness in the perspective of indigenous cultures -

Robin Wall Kimmerer

6. Humans as part of ecological networks - Deborah Bird Rose, Val Plumwood

7. Humans as a source of disturbances in ecological networks - Dave Goulson

8. The transforming views on humans and nature in the modern era - Bruno Latour,

Andrea Wulf

9. Colonialism and the mastery over nature - Amitav Ghosh, Malcolm Ferdinand

10. Ownership of the land and the economisation of life - Garret Hardin, Milton

Friedman, David Graeber, Jason Hickel

11."Buen vivir" and the persistence of indigenous cultures - Eduardo Viveiros de

Castro, James Suzman

12. Life as Art - Tim Ingold

13. Metaphors of life and healing in cultural imagination - Gregg Mitman

14. Fossil freedoms and the responsibility for the future - Erazim Kohák

15. How to be good ancestors (7th generation) - discussion

Lecturers

MUDr. Lydie Stokes Fialová, Ph.D., M.Sc.

MUDr. Kateřina Maděryčová

Dr. Michael van Beinum, MBChB, Ph.D., M. Phil., M. Litt., B.Sc.

Course completion requirements -

Last update: Bc. Kateřina Maternová (14.04.2023)

active participation (discussion, presentation, 80% attendance), short essay