Literature
Wobser, Florian (Hg.) (2024). Anthropozän - Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven und philosophische Bildung, Frankfurt a.M.: Campus.
Schlaudt, Oliver (2022). Technozän. Eine Einführung in die evolutionäre Technikphilosophie, Frankfurt a.M.: Klostermann.
Trischler, Helmuth, & Will, Fabienne (2019). Die Provokation des Anthropozäns, in Martina Heßler u. Heike Weber (Hrsg.) Provokationen der Technikgeschichte: Zum Reflexionszwang historischer Forschung, Paderborn: Schöningh.
Further reading will be made available on Moodle.
It should be assumed that some of the reading material will also be in English.
Official Course Description
This interdisciplinary seminar deals with various concepts and uses of the term Anthropocene, its offshoots (“Technocene”) and their history. These are presented and discussed in the context of the humanities and geosciences.
All conceptualizations of the term focus on the traces of humans in various components of the Earth system; Therefore, the fundamentals of geoscientific work and research are also taught and illustrated using practical examples from soil science and interdisciplinary research projects.
The conceptual and practical levels are related to each other, and basic questions, methods of analysis and reflection in geoscience and history are discussed and explained.
Additional Information
Examination format: A report written in small interdisciplinary groups.
Sustainability Reference of the Course Contents
Human activities have become a factor that profoundly changes all elements of our Earth system. Students examine these interactions and are thus able to reassess the importance of sustainable action.
Online Offerings
Moodle
Wobser, Florian (Hg.) (2024). Anthropozän - Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven und philosophische Bildung, Frankfurt a.M.: Campus.
Schlaudt, Oliver (2022). Technozän. Eine Einführung in die evolutionäre Technikphilosophie, Frankfurt a.M.: Klostermann.
Trischler, Helmuth, & Will, Fabienne (2019). Die Provokation des Anthropozäns, in Martina Heßler u. Heike Weber (Hrsg.) Provokationen der Technikgeschichte: Zum Reflexionszwang historischer Forschung, Paderborn: Schöningh.
Further reading will be made available on Moodle.
It should be assumed that some of the reading material will also be in English.
Official Course Description
This interdisciplinary seminar deals with various concepts and uses of the term Anthropocene, its offshoots (“Technocene”) and their history. These are presented and discussed in the context of the humanities and geosciences.
All conceptualizations of the term focus on the traces of humans in various components of the Earth system; Therefore, the fundamentals of geoscientific work and research are also taught and illustrated using practical examples from soil science and interdisciplinary research projects.
The conceptual and practical levels are related to each other, and basic questions, methods of analysis and reflection in geoscience and history are discussed and explained.
Additional Information
Examination format: A report written in small interdisciplinary groups.
Sustainability Reference of the Course Contents
Human activities have become a factor that profoundly changes all elements of our Earth system. Students examine these interactions and are thus able to reassess the importance of sustainable action.
Online Offerings
Moodle
- Lecturer: Moritz Bigalke
- Lecturer: Katharina Kuhn
- Lecturer: Juliane Müller
- Lecturer: Annette Ripper
Semester: ST 2026
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