Equality and Diversity
| CCRD05 | Elective | 4 ECTS |
| Period | 2 weeks | 19.04.2021 - 30.04.2021 |
| Instructor | Jenny Rock | |
Námskeiðslýsing
This course examines social diversity in rural and remote communities with an emphasis on changing gender relations and intensified international mobility.
Hæfniviðmið
On completion of the course, a student:
- can explain perspectives and challenges regarding social diversity in rural and remote communities.
- has the understanding of intensified international mobility in a context of globalisation and remote and rural areas.
- has the ability to relate social diversity in rural and remote regions to changing gender relations.
- can participate in and lead group discussions about social diversity and gender in rural and remote communities.
- has the ability to develop a small scale research project regarding solutions or improvements regarding equality and diversity in rural and remote communities.
Kennari
Jenny Rock lectured in Science Communication at the University of Otago for ~ 10 years. She has an interdisciplinary background in science and the arts & humanities, and is an academic researcher in both spaces She holds a BA in Human Ecology and a PhD in Zoology, with > 20 years biological research encompassing environmental physiology, molecular ecology and evolutionary genomics - frequently in a polar marine context. Integrating her background in science and humanities and the arts, much of her research now focuses on transdisciplinary participatory interaction within science and society. She is also a Research Associate of the College of the Atlantic (Maine, USA) and taught their interdisciplinary 2019 field course “Seeing Tropical Ecology through Arts Practice”.