The Posthuman Era and Korean History
This course surveys Korean history through the lens of ecological and environmental history, framing our current era of intensifying climate ...
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Course Overview
This course surveys Korean history through the lens of ecological and environmental history, framing our current era of intensifying climate and ecological crises as the Anthropocene and a posthuman epoch.
Learning Objectives
Recognize that humans are not the sole agents of history and cultivate humanistic and historical insights applicable to both the present and the future.
1. The Anthropocene and the Posthuman
2. What is Eco-Environmental History?
3. The Macro-World: Weather and Climate
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3-1. The Birth of Climate History and Climate Trends over the Last Two Millennia -
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3-2. Methodologies for Tracking Past Climates
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11
3-3. The Little Ice Age in East Asia and the Joseon Dynasty
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12
3-4. The Butterfly Effect of Volcanic Eruptions: 1815 Eruption of Mt. Tambora and its Global Impact on Joseon
4. The Micro-World: Entanglements with Germs, Bacteria, and Viruses
5. The Pines of Namsan Mountain and Korean Tigers
6. The Emergence of the Fossil Fuel Regime
7. Environmental Pollution, Remediation, and the Rise of Global Issues in 20th-Century South Korea
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25
7-1. The Emergence of Environmental Pollution in the Early 20th Century
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26
7-2. The “Great Acceleration of Pollution” in the 1960s and 1970s
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27
7-3. "Pollution Diseases" in the 1980s and Progress and Limits of Environmental Policy
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28
7-4. Movements toward Transition since the 1990s and the Manifestation of Global Environmental Pollution
Ko, Tae-woo
Associate Professor, Department of History, Seoul National University
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32
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입문자
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