Combined
Antropocén: současný svět v transdisciplinární perspektivě
Centre for Theoretical Study
Length of study
202 hours
Type of Programme
Microcertificate programmes
Form
Combined
Language
English
Fee
5000 CZK
Application deadline
17/4/2025
Annotation
In the Anthropocene era, scientists are beginning to study the world afresh: the traditional distinctions between natural and social sciences, and between academic and non-academic forms of knowledge no longer provide an adequate framework for interpreting the present. Anthropocene phenomena are complex, dynamically changing and often counterintuitively interconnected - if we want to understand the world we live in, it is crucial to be able to look at it from different disciplinary perspectives. In the microcertificate module, you will learn how to effectively study and interpret the contemporary world in interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary ways: you will learn how to go beyond your own expertise, communicate across disciplines, and better respond to the complex - ecological, social, and identity - challenges of the present. The course combines distance learning with an intensive week-long on-site summer school.
Results of learning
Graduates can define the concept of the Anthropocene and its theoretical interpretation in the natural sciences and humanities, and they understand the principles of interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research. They have knowledge about natural and cultural heritage, urban landscapes, biodiversity issues in the Anthropocene, and about the study of nature from the perspectives of economics, geology, social sciences, anthropology, history, and philosophy. Graduates are able to describe the process of data production in the natural sciences and humanities and they have basic experience in field research and data collecting. They have developed skills in the areas of collaborative project development, text interpretation, and critical thinking. Graduates have acquired the competences to engage in interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary debate and to apply these principles in the areas of environmental and cultural heritage protection, education, and the preparation and the implementation of different types of projects, as well as in their further studies.