Environmental Histories of South Asia-E2
| Numbering Code | U-LAS05 20040 LE31 | Year/Term | 2022 ・ Second semester |
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| Number of Credits | 2 | Course Type | Lecture |
| Target Year | All students | Target Student | For all majors |
| Language | English | Day/Period | Fri.3 |
| Instructor name | D'SOUZA, Rohan Ignatious (Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies Professor) | ||
| Outline and Purpose of the Course | This is designed as an introductory course that will familiarise students with several of the critical debates that have shaped environmental history writings on South Asia. The emphasis will be on rehearsing not only the distinct conceptual and theoretical claims but, significantly as well, survey the rich and complex socio-ecological worlds that have been revealed such writing on South Asia. | ||
| Course Goals | Given that the environmental question has become central to discussions about sustainability and climate change, this course will help students understand the unique histories of ecological change in South Asia. It will not only enable students to grasp the ruptural and often times dramatic environmental transformations that continue to shape contemporary South Asia but brings into relief the complicated pathways of modernity. | ||
| Schedule and Contents |
Each class will comprise a 90 minute session; involving a lecture of 60 minutes and followed by a 30 minute interactive discussion in which student participation will also be elicited through either group or individual presentations. Four themes will be covered: a) The Colonial Watershed Thesis b) Continuity and Change c) Forest Protection, Hunting and Colonial Hydrology d) Conservation, environmental change and the Colonial State |
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| Evaluation Methods and Policy |
There will be a regular cycle of written submissions and feedback through class discussions and teacher evaluations. The idea is to develop a credible capacity for reading and writing amongst those who take up the course. Evaluations will be based on class presentations, writing assignments and a tutorial. |
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| Course Requirements | None | ||
| Study outside of Class (preparation and review) | Students will be expected to have read at least five pages of pre-assigned reading, at the very minimum, before attending each class. | ||
| References, etc. |
The Unquiet Woods: ecological change and peasant resistance in the Himalaya, Ramachandra Guha, (Permanent Black: Ranikhet 2010 [1989]), ISBN:978-0520222359 This Fissured Land: an ecological history of India, Ramachandra Guha & Madhav Gadgil, (Oxford University Press: New Delhi 1992), ISBN:978-0520082960 Fencing the Forest: conservation and ecological change in India's Central provinces 1860-1914, Mahesh Rangarajan, (Oxford University press: New Delhi 1996), ISBN:978-0195649840 Green Imperialism; colonial expansion, tropical island Edens and the origins of E nvironmentalism 1600-1860, Richard Grove, (Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK 1995), ISBN:978-0521565134 Pastoral Politics: shepherds, bureaucrats, and conservation in the Western Himalaya, Vasant Saberwal, (Oxford University Press: New Delhi 1998), ISBN:978-0195643084 Modern Forests: Statemaking and environmental change in colonial Eastern India, K. Sivaramakrishnan , (Oxford University Press: New Delhi 1999), ISBN:978-0804745567 Modernizing Nature: Forestry and Imperial Eco-Development 1800-1950, S. Ravi Rajan, (Orient Longman: Hyderabad 2006), ISBN:978-0199277964 Drowned and Dammed: colonial capitalism and flood control in Eastern India, Rohan D’Souza, (Oxford University Press: New Delhi 2006), ISBN:978-0195682175 Animal Kingdoms: Hunting, the Environment, and Power in the Indian Princely States, Julie E. Hughes, (Harvard University Press: Cambridge, Mass. 2013), ISBN:978-0674072800 |
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