ENSn4581 Lifestyle and Environmental Issues

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Vojtěch Pelikán, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Vojtěch Pelikán, Ph.D.
Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Kateřina Hendrychová
Supplier department: Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! HEN581 Lifestyle &&!NOW( HEN581 Lifestyle )&&TYP_STUDIA(N)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course is based on the accepted assumption that lifestyle choices, especially the dynamics and the structure of material consumption and free-time activities, have a decisive impact on nature (apart from population size and technologies). The course seeks to find and interpret environmentally friendly lifestyle choices and stresses the connections with mainstream lifestyle choices. It also attempts to question some journalistic stereotypes.
Learning outcomes
After attending the course, a student will be able to:
- identify main environmental dimensions of sociological research on lifestyles
- prepare research design for his or her master thesis.
Syllabus
  • Introduction into the seminar contents and its requirements
  • Key concepts of the lifestyle area and individuation/individualism
  • Discussion on literature
  • Discussion on student essays
Literature
    required literature
  • LIBROVÁ, Hana, Vojtěch PELIKÁN, Lucie GALČANOVÁ and Lukáš KALA. Věrní a rozumní: kapitoly o ekologické zpozdilosti (The Faithful and the Reasonable: Chapters on Ecological Foolishness). 1. vyd. Brno: Munipress, 2016, 328 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-8454-4. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/CZ.MUNI.M210-8412-2016. info
Teaching methods
Teaching methods include:
introduction lectures about the theme of lifestyle
home preparation, reading of obligatory texts
structured discussion about the texts
seminar paper
critical discussion about papers.
Assessment methods
Discussion of assigned texts, reading, and writing an essay. Participation at seminars is mandatory with a maximum of three absences allowed.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Předmět je primárně určen studentům magisterského stupně oboru Environmentální studia. Minimální počet zapsaných studentů pro vypsání předmětu: 5
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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